Adjuvant Brachytherapy Removes Survival Disadvantage of Local Disease Extension in Stage IIIC Endometrial Cancer: A SEER Registry Analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-138

  Rossi, Peter J ^a   Jani, Ashesh B ^a   Horowitz, Ira R ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endometrial neoplasms; Radiotherapy; SEER

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND END RESULTS (SEER) DATABASE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 37049029629     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.048     Document Type: Article

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