Results of external-beam radiotherapy alone in invasive cancer of the uterine cervix: A retrospective analysis

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Saibishkumar, E P ^a   Patel, F D ^a   Sharma, S C ^a   Karunanidhi, G ^a   Sankar, A S ^a   Mallick, I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cancer cervix; External beam radiotherapy; Intracavitary radiotherapy; Overall treatment time

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TELETHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30344439860     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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