Epidermoid carcinomas of the anal canal treated with definitive radiation therapy in a series of 305 patients;Carcinomes épidermoïdes du canal anal traités par irradiation à visée curative: À propos de 305 patients

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 237-253

  Deniaud Alexandre, E ^a   Touboul, E ^a   Tiret, E ^b   Sezeur, A ^c   Houry, S ^a   Gallot, D ^d   Parc, R ^b   Huang, R ^a   Qu, S H ^a   Pene F ^a   Schlienger, M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^c Hopital des Diaconesses   (France)

^d BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anal canal carcinoma; Anal function; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANORECTAL PRESSURE; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOSTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0043234321     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(03)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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