Low-dose-rate vs. high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for carcinoma of the cervix: The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) experience

Brachytherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-55

  Falkenberg, Elizabeth ^a   Kim, Robert Y ^a   Meleth, Sreelatha ^b   De Los Santos, Jennifer ^a   Spencer, Sharon ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; External beam radiation; High dose rate; Low dose rate

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ALABAMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIVERSITIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645097494     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.12.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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