Clinical outcome with adjuvant treatment of endometrial carcinoma using intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-199

  Beriwal, Sushil ^a   Jain, Sheena K ^c   Heron, Dwight E ^a   Kim, Hayeon ^a   Gerszten, Kristina ^a   Edwards, Robert P ^b   Kelley, Joseph L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Division of Medical Oncology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endometrial cancer; Intensity modulated radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INJURY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745766706     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.01.062     Document Type: Article

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