Outcomes of pituitary tumor irradiation in cats

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1151-1154

  Mayer, Monique N ^b   Greco, Deborah S ^a   LaRue, Susan M ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cats; Late effects; Megavoltage radiation

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOMA; ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750321202     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[1151:OOPTII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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