Prevention and treatment of vaginal stenosis resulting from pelvic radiation therapy

Community Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Wolf, Judith K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZYDAMINE; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DIENESTROL; ESTROGEN; PLACEBO; PROGESTERONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STENOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINA STENOSIS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 33845608757     PISSN: 15485315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1548-5315(11)70917-2     Document Type: Article

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