A comparison of treatment combinations with and without radiotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein and/or inferior vena cava tumor thrombus

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 432-443

  Zeng, Zhao Chong ^a   Fan, Jia ^a   Tang, Zhao You ^a   Zhou, Jian ^a   Qin, Lun Xiu ^a   Wang, Jian Hua ^a   Sun, Hui Chuan ^a   Wang, Bin Liang ^a   Zhang, Jian Ying ^a   Jiang, Guo Liang ^a   Wang, Yu Qi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

External beam radiation therapy; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Inferior vena cava; Portal vein; Tumor thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY (EBRT); HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (HCC); INFERIOR VENA CAVA (IVC) TUMOR THROMBI; LESIONS; PORTAL VEIN (PV) TUMOR THROMBI;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR THROMBUS;

EID: 19944430630     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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