Hypofractionated external beam radiotherapy as retreatment for symptomatic non-small-cell lung carcinoma: An effective treatment?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1388-1393

  Kramer, Gijsbert W P M ^a   Gans, Steven ^b   Ullmann, Eric ^c   Van Meerbeeck, Jan P ^d   Legrand, Catherine C ^e   Leer, Jan Willem H ^a  

^a Arnhems Radiotherapeutisch Instituut   (Netherlands)

^b ST JANSDAL HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Non small cell lung cancer; Palliation; Radiotherapy; Repeated RT

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PATIENT MONITORING; PULMONARY DISEASES;

LUNG CARCINOMA; PALLIATIVE TREATMENT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETREATMENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUGH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETREATMENT; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1842529002     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.09.087     Document Type: Article

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