Reirradiation and hyperthermia in rectal carcinoma: A retrospective study on palliative effect

Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1759-1766

  Juffermans, Jorine H M ^a   Hanssens, Patrick E J ^b   Van Putten, Wim L J ^a   Van Rhoon, Gerard C ^a   Van der Zee, Jacoba ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Local recurrence; Palliation; Radiotherapy; Rectal carcinoma; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BURN; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDERMOLYSIS; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFECTION; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTERSTITIAL THERMOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TOXICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOMETRY; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0141992997     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11719     Document Type: Article

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