Polyradiculopathy post-concomitant chemoradiation for carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated with pelvic and para-aortic fields

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 774-777

  Coulombe, Genevieve ^a   Thiessen, Brian ^a   Balkwill, Susan ^a   Aquino Parsons, Christina ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplams; Chemotherapy; Iatrogenic; Lumbosacral plexus; Neuropathy; Plexopathy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GABAPENTIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; LEG; NEUROTOXICITY; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL ROOT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RADIATION INJURIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28044458518     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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