Radiation Oncology Emergencies

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 505-522

  Kwok, Young ^a   DeYoung, Chad ^a   Garofalo, Michael ^a   Dhople, Anil ^a   Regine, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646761665     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2006.01.001     Document Type: Review

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