Feasibility report of conservative surgery, perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy (PHDRB), and low-to-moderate dose external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in pediatric sarcomas

Brachytherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 196-200

  Martínez Monge, Rafael ^a   Garrán, Cristina ^a   Cambeiro, Mauricio ^a   San Julián, Mikel ^a   Alcalde, Juan ^a   Sierrasesúmaga, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; High dose rate; Osteosarcoma; Pediatric; Perioperative; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PEDIATRICS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10644270952     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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