Time factor and treatment strategies in subclinical disease

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 495-502

  Suwinski, R ^a   Withers, H R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; METASTASIS INHIBITION; NECK CANCER; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142178060     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000310001596986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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