Exclusive radiotherapy for non small cell lung cancer. A retrospective multicentric study

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-14

  Gouders, D ^a   Maingon, P ^b   Paesmans, M ^a   Rodrigus, P ^c   Hahn, B ^d   Arnaiz, M D ^e   Nguyen, T ^f   Landmann, C ^g   Bosset, J F ^h   Danhier, S ^a   Van Houtte, P ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^b Centre GF   (France)

^c DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^f Institut Godinot   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0242363314     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1507-1367(03)70991-2     Document Type: Article

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