Endobronchial brachytherapy and optimization of local disease control in medically inoperable non-small cell lung carcinoma: A matched-pair analysis

Brachytherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 183-190

  Mantz, Constantine A ^a   Dosoretz, Daniel E ^a   Rubenstein, James H ^a   Blitzer, Peter H ^a   Katin, Michael J ^a   Garton, Graciela R ^a   Nakfoor, Bruce M ^a   Siegel, Alan D ^b   Tolep, Kenneth A ^b   Hannan, Stephen E ^b   Dosani, Razak ^c   Feroz, Abusayeed ^c   Maas, Carlos ^d   Bhat, Saligrama ^d   Panjikaran, George ^e   Lalla, Sunil ^d   Belani, Komal ^d   Ross, Rudolf H ^a  

^a 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^b Associates in Pulmonary Medicine   (United States)

^c Pulmonary Associates   (United States)

^d Solo Practice   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Endobronchial brachytherapy; Medically inoperable lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

EID: 10644239239     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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