Palliative radiation therapy for metastatic Ewing sarcoma

Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1790-1793

  Koontz, Bridget F ^a   Clough, Robert W ^a   Halperin, Edward C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ewing sarcoma; Local control; Palliative care; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33646055523     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21812     Document Type: Review

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