The role of high-dose-rate brachytherapy in the palliation of symptoms in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: A systematic review

Brachytherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-202

  Ung, Yee C ^a   Yu, Edward ^b   Falkson, Conrad ^c   Haynes, Adam E ^d   Stys Norman, Denise ^d   Evans, William K ^d   Lung, ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^c KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

External beam; High dose rate brachytherapy; Non small cell lung cancer; Radiation therapy; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOPLEURAL FISTULA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746228639     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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