Results of radiotherapy alone in the treatment of carcinoma of uterine cervix: A retrospective analysis of 1069 patients

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 890-897

  Saibishkumar, Elantholi P ^a   Patel, F D ^a   Sharma, S C ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Carcinoma cervix; Chemotherapy; External beam radiotherapy; Intracavitary radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COBALT TELETHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 28944432983     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2005.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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