Significance of tumor volume and corpus uteri invasion in cervical cancer patients treated by radiotherapy

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 623-630

  Narayan, K ^a   Fisher, R ^a   Bernshaw, D ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Corpus invasion; MRI; Radiotherapy; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646074051     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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