Radiotherapy for uterine cervical cancer: Results of the 1995-1997 patterns of care process survey in Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Toita, Takafumi ^a   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^b   Uno, Takashi ^c   Kodaira, Takashi ^d   Shinoda, Atsunori ^e   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Mitsuhashi, Norio ^f   Maebayashi, Katsuya ^f   Kawaguchi, Atsuko ^g   Inoue, Toshihiko ^g   Teshima, Teruki ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical neoplasms; Patterns of care study; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PEPLEOMYCIN; RADIUM 226;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PEPLOMYCIN; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20244365506     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyi047     Document Type: Article

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