Radiotherapy of Langerhans' cell histiocytosis: Results and implications of a national patterns-of-care study

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 182, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 629-634

  Olschewski, Thomas ^a   Seegenschmiedt, Michael Heinrich ^a  

^a ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Langerhans' cell histiocytosis; Patterns of care study; Prospective radiotherapy registry; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ELECTRONS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750449319     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-006-1630-9     Document Type: Review

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