Patterns of treatment failure following radiotherapy with combination chemotherapy for patients with high-risk stage IIB cervical carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-124

  Park, Tchan Kyu ^a   Kwon, Ja Young ^a   Kim, Sang Wun ^a   Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Soo Nyung ^b   Kim, Gwi Eon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; High risk factors; Patterns of treatment failure; Radiotherapy with combination chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442431551     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-003-0378-9     Document Type: Article

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