Assessment of morbidity in carcinoma of the cervix: A comparison of the LENT SOMA scales and the Franco-Italian glossary

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Davidson, Susan E ^a   Burns, Meriel P ^a   Routledge, Jacqueline A ^a   Swindell, Ric ^a   Bentzen, Søren M ^b   West, Catharine M L ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; LENT SOMA; Radiotherapy; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0344441004     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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