Treatment of squamous cell anal canal carcinoma (SCACC) with pulsed dose rate brachytherapy: A retrospective study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Bruna, Antoine ^a   Gastelblum, Pauline ^b,e   Thomas, Laurence ^c   Chapet, Olivier ^b   Bollet, Marc A ^a   Ardiet, Jean Michel ^b   Gérard, Jean Pierre ^d   Peiffert, Didier ^a  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c Brachytherapy Department   (France)

^d CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^e JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Pulsed dose rate; Squamous cell anal canal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLOSTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646169751     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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