Low-dose radiotherapy for Stage I seminoma-long-term results

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1112-1119

  Niewald, Marcus ^a   Freyd, Johanna ^a   Fleckenstein, Jochen ^a   Wullich, Bernd ^a   Rübe, Christian ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Seminoma; Target volume; Total dose

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BONE; DOSIMETERS; HISTOLOGY;

METASTASIS; ORCHIECTOMY; PARAAORTIC REGION; TARGET VOLUME DEFINITIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA; ORCHIECTOMY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMINOMA; SKIN TOXICITY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750356525     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.06.054     Document Type: Article

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