Two cases of fatal necrosis of the lesser pelvis in patients treated with combined radiotherapy and hyperthermia for cervical carcinoma

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Wiggenraad, Ruud ^a   Koning, C ^b   Westermann, C ^a   Jansen, C ^a   van der Zee, J ^c  

^a Medical Center the Hague   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Hyperthermia; Necrosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENTEROPATHY; TISSUE NECROSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PELVIS; RADIATION INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20444447513     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02656730500069609     Document Type: Article

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