Chemoradiation for invasive cervical cancer in elderly patients: Outcomes and morbidity

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-103

  Goodheart, M ^a   Jacobson, G ^a   Smith, B J ^b   Zhou, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Elderly; Radiation therapy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; TOPOTECAN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38049020639     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2007.00967.x     Document Type: Article

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