Regression of non-irradiated metastases after extracranial stereotactic radiotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma [5]

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-497

  Wersäll, Peter ^a   Blomgren, Henric ^b   Pisa, Pavel ^a   Lax, Ingmar ^a   Kälkner, Karl Mikael ^a   Svedman, Christer ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b C/o Ospedale Civile di Agropoli ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LETTER; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745106605     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860600604611     Document Type: Letter

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