Unique role of proximal rectal dose in late rectal complications for patients with cervical cancer undergoing high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1010-1018

  Cheng, Jason Chia Hsien ^a,b   Peng, Lee Cheng ^a   Chen, Yu Hsuan ^a   Huang, David Y C ^a,c   Wu, Jian Kuen ^a,b   Jian, James Jer Min ^a  

^a KOO FOUNDATION SUN YAT SEN CANCER CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; High dose rate intracavitary brachytherapy; Late rectal complications; Proximal rectum

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; STATISTICAL TESTS; TUMORS;

RECTAL DOSES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0142217886     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00721-1     Document Type: Article

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