Rapid involution and mobility of carcinoma of the cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 625-630

  Lee, Christopher M ^a   Shrieve, Dennis C ^a   Gaffney, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix cancer; IMRT; Mobility; Radiation therapy; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

CISPLATIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INVOLUTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS;

EID: 0942289874     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.09.060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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