Healing of vulvo-vaginal radionecrosis following revascularization

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 262-264

  Hoffman, Karen E ^a   Horowitz, Neil S ^a   Russell, Anthony H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation injury; Radiation therapy; Vaginal cancer; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLAUDICATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COUNSELING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MICROVASCULATURE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE NECROSIS; VAGINA CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVOVAGINAL DISEASE; WOUND HEALING;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SMOKING; VAGINA; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250181344     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.03.038     Document Type: Article

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