Conservative treatment by irradiation of epidermoid cancers of the anal canal: Prognostic factors of tumoral control and complications

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 313-324

  Peiffert, Didier ^a   Pierre, Bey ^a   Pernot, Monique ^a   Guillemin, François ^a   Luporsi, Elisabeth ^a   Hoffstetter, Sylvette ^a   Aletti, Pierre ^a   Boissel, Patrick ^a   Bigard, Marc André ^b   Dartois, Daniel ^a   Baylac, François ^b  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Anal canal carcinoma; Brachytherapy; Chemotherapy; Complications; Conservative treatment; Prognostic factors; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOSTOMY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0342697549     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00493-2     Document Type: Article

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