High dose rate intraluminal brachytherapy in combination with external beam radiotherapy for palliative treatment of cancer rectum

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 633-636

  Begum, Naseem ^a,b   Asghar, Asghar H ^a   Shahida, N ^b   Khan, Sher M ^a   Khan, Ayub ^a  

^a Inst of Radiotherapy/Nuclear Med   (Pakistan)

^b IRNUM ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carcinoma rectum; External beam radiotherapy; High dose rate intraluminal brachytherapy; Palliation

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; DIAZEPAM; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COBALT TELETHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PAKISTAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RATING SCALE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0346338265     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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