Lower urinary tract function after postoperative radiotherapy in the treatment of cervical cancer

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 490-494

  Pisarska, M ^a,b   Sajdak, S ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bladder; Cervical cancer; Radiotherapy; Urinary incontinence; Urodynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLADDER COMPLIANCE; BLADDER PRESSURE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOMETRY; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MICTURITION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RESIDUAL URINE; SENSATION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA PRESSURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; UROFLOWMETRY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSAGE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; URODYNAMICS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0345307210     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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