Adjuvant high dose rate brachytherapy in the management of soft tissue sarcoma: A dose-toxicity analysis

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 508-513

  Aronowitz, Jesse N ^a   Pohar, Surjeet S ^b   Liu, Lizhong ^b   Haq, Rashid ^b   Damron, Timothy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSIMETRY; EXCISION; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TOTAL BIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT DOSE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33749540474     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000231433.97407.c8     Document Type: Article

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