Usefulness of tumor volumetry by magnetic resonance imaging in assessing response to radiation therapy in carcinoma of the uterine cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 915-924

  Mayr, Nina A ^a,b   Magnotta, Vincent A ^a   Ehrhardt, James C ^a   Wheeler, James A ^a   Sorosky, Joel I ^a   Wen, B Chen ^a   Davis, Charles S ^a   Pelsang, Retta E ^a   Anderson, Barrie ^a   Doornbos, J Fred ^a   Hussey, David H ^a   Yuh, William T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; MR imaging; Tumor regression; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0345465886     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(96)00230-1     Document Type: Article

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