Intravaginal 1-week high-dose-rate brachytherapy alone for Stages I-II endometrial cancer

Brachytherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 195-200

  Martínez Monge, Rafael ^a   Nagore, Gorka ^a   Cambeiro, Mauricio ^a   Garrán, Cristina ^a   Villafranca, Elena ^b   Jurado, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Endometrial cancer; Exclusive; High dose rate; Intravaginal brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

EID: 34547543879     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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