Radiotherapy in the management of Kaposi's sarcoma

Onkologie

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 329-333

  Becker, Gerd ^a   Bottke, Dirk ^b  

^a KLINIK AM EICHERT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kaposi's sarcoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LOCAL THERAPY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PAIN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745789627     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093660     Document Type: Review

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