Low-dose-rate intraoperative brachytherapy combined with external beam irradiation in the conservative treatment of soft tissue sarcoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 165-169

  Delannes, M ^a   Thomas, L ^b   Martel, P ^a   Bonnevialle, P ^c   Stoeckle, E ^b   Chevreau, Ch ^a   Bui, B N ^b   Daly Schveitzer, N ^a   Pigneux, J ^b   Kantor, G ^b  

^a INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^b INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 17144465103     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00548-9     Document Type: Article

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