Vaginal stenosis in patients treated with radiotherapy for carcinoma of the cervix

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 288-293

  Brand, A H ^a   Bull, C A ^a   Cakir, B ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pelvic radiotherapy; Vaginal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33645328566     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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