Clinical outcomes after reirradiation of paraspinal tumors

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 495-502

  Wright, Jean L ^a   Lovelock, D Michael ^a   Bilsky, Mark H ^a   Toner, Sean ^a   Zatcky, Joan ^a   Yamada, Yoshiya ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided; IMRT; Paraspinal; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749580771     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000227559.32799.db     Document Type: Article

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