Endobronchial brachytherapy in combination with external beam irradiation in obstructing malignant bronchial tumors

Oncology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 921-925

  Prévost, Alain ^a   Berthiot, Gérard ^b   Picavet, Bruno ^a   Froissart, Dominique ^a   Loirette, Michel ^a   Costa, Brigitte ^a   Cauchois, Adéla ^a   Nguyen, Tan Dat ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN GODINOT   (France)

^b Ctr Hosp de Chalons sur Marne   (France)

Author keywords

Endobronchial brachytherapy; External irradiation; Malignant bronchial tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1542472894     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.10.4.921     Document Type: Article

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