High dose-rate brachytherapy for elderly patients with uterine cervical cancer

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 221-228

  Chen, Shang Wen ^a,b   Liang, Ji An ^a,b   Yang, Shih Neng ^a,b   Lin, Fang Jen ^a,b,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Elderly patient; High dose rate brachytherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; IRIDIUM 192; TEGAFUR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043201357     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyg041     Document Type: Article

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