Contraindications to cisplatin based chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-96

  McArdle, Orla ^a   Kigula Mugambe, Joseph B ^b  

^a ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chemoradiotherapy; Developing world

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; ULTRASOUND; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34047127255     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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