Intraoperative radiotherapy electron boost followed by moderate doses of external beam radiotherapy in resected soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremities

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-337

  Azinovic, Ignacio ^a   Monge, Rafael Martinez ^a   Aristu, Jose Javier ^a   Salgado, Esteban ^a   Villafranca, Elena ^a   Hidalgo, Oscar Fernandez ^a   Amillo, Santiago ^a   San Julian, Miguel ^a   Villas, Carlos ^a   Aramendía, Jose Manuel ^a   Calvo, Felipe A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

External beam radiotherapy; Intraoperative radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SICKNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 10744226847     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00163-4     Document Type: Article

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