The trail of the development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Inoue, Toshihiko ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Soseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate (HDR); Radiotherapy; Uterine cervix carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141817907     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyg069     Document Type: Review

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