Tandem application with transvaginal ultrasound guidance

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 190-196

  Sahinler, Ismet ^a   Cepni, Ismail ^a   Oksuz, Didem Colpan ^a   Cepni, Kimia ^b   Koksal, Selcuk ^a   Koca, Ayse ^a   Atkovar, Gulyuz ^a   Okkan, Sait ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Spine Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

MEDIAN AGE; MORBIDITY; TANDEM INSERTIONS; ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; TUMOR REGRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 16544377454     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.10.028     Document Type: Article

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