Intraoperative radiation therapy. Part 2. Clinical results

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 116-127

  Calvo, Felipe A ^a   Meirino, Rosa M ^b   Orecchia, Roberto ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b Clinica La Luz   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

HDR IORT; Intraoperative radiation therapy; IOERT; Treatment review

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; METHOTREXATE; TEGAFUR; URACIL; VINBLASTINE;

ACCURACY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LIMB TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS TUMOR; PELVIS CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM CANCER; RETROPERITONEAL SARCOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; TOXICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746205315     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.04.004     Document Type: Review

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