Radiation therapy for cervical cancer in the elderly

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 339-343

  Ikushima, Hitoshi ^a   Takegawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Osaki, Kyohsuke ^a   Furutani, Shunsuke ^a   Yamashita, Kyoh ^a   Kawanaka, Takashi ^a   Kubo, Akiko ^a   Kudoh, Takaharu ^a   Nishitani, Hiromu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Elderly patients; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM INJURY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 35348827584     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.07.058     Document Type: Article

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