Gastrointestinal complications after radiation therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 66, 2005, Pages 1759-1763

  Yang, Moon Hee ^a   Lee, Jun Haeng ^a,b   Choi, Moon Seok ^a   Park, Hyung Suk ^a   Rhee, Poong Lyul ^a   Kim, Jae J ^a   Paik, Seung Woon ^a   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a   Lim, Do Hoon ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal complication; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLON HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; DUODENITIS; DUODENUM ULCER; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FATALITY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTRITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STENT; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION; STOMACH ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 28544437466     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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