Chemoradiation for primary invasive squamous carcinoma of the vagina

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-117

  Dalrymple, John L ^a   Russell, A H ^b   Lee, S W ^b   Scudder, S A ^c   Leiserowitz, G S ^a   Kinney, W K ^d   Smith, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Radiology Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Chemotherapy; Radiation therapy; Vaginal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192; MITOMYCIN C;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DISEASE COURSE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINA CARCINOMA; VAGINA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIFORNIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1442348469     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1048-891x.2004.014066.x     Document Type: Article

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