Carcinoma of the vulva: Clinical results of exclusive and adjuvant radiotherapy

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 3089-3094

  Tombolini, Vincenzo ^b   Raffetto, Nicola ^a   Santarelli, Mario ^a   Valeriani, Maurizio ^b   Necozione, Stefano ^c   Masedu, Francesco ^c   Enrici, R Maurizi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAN SALVATORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Exclusive radiotherapy; Surgery; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM FISTULA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGINA DISEASE; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 22944488281     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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