Outcome following radiotherapy for loco-regionally recurrent non-small cell lung cancer

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Foo, Kerwyn ^a,b   Gebski, V ^a   Yeghiaian Alvandi, R ^a   Foroudi, F ^a,c   Cakir, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Local neoplasm recurrence; Non small cell lung carcinoma; Palliative care; Radiotherapy; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18444402162     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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