Endobronchial brachytherapy and external-beam radiotherapy in patients with endobronchial obstruction and extrabronchial extension

Brachytherapy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 204-210

  Gejerman, Glen ^a,c   Mullokandov, Eduard A ^a,c   Bagiella, Emilia ^b   Blaivas, Allen ^a   Beitler, Jonathan J ^c  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endobronchial brachytherapy; High dose rate; Karnofsky performance status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0142258745     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1538-4721(02)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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