Retrospective analysis of the superior vena cava syndrome in irradiated cancer patients

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6 C, 2006, Pages 4933-4936

  Mose, Stephan ^a,b   Stabik, Christina ^a   Eberlein, Klaus ^a   Ramm, Ulla ^a   Böttcher, Heinz D ^a   Budischewski, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b SCHWARZWALD BAAR KLINIKUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Palliative treatment; Radiotherapy; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845960325     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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