Radiotherapy alone and chemoirradiation in recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3 C, 2003, Pages 3105-3108

  Raffetto, Nicola ^b   Tombolini, Vincenzo ^a,c   Santarelli, Mario ^b   Valeriani, Maurizio ^a   Galla, Domenico A P ^a   Enrici, Riccardo Maurizi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatinol; Older; Radiotherapy; Recurrent vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

AGED; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042122714     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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