Primary Vaginal Cancer Treated With Concurrent Chemoradiation Using Cis-Platinum

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 746-750

  Samant, Rajiv ^a,b   Lau, Bedy ^d   E, Choan ^a,b   Le, Tien ^b   Tam, Tiffany ^c  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Chemotherapy; Cis platinum; Radiotherapy; Vaginal cancer

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PLATINUM; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CIS-PLATINUM CHEMORADIATION (CRT); VAGINAL CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

CISPLATIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PELVIC EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGINA CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548807963     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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