High-Dose-Rate Endobronchial Brachytherapy for Recurrent Airway Obstruction From Hyperplastic Granulation Tissue

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 701-706

  Tendulkar, Rahul D ^a   Fleming, Peter A ^a   Reddy, Chandana A ^a   Gildea, Thomas R ^a   Machuzak, Michael ^a   Mehta, Atul C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Endobronchial brachytherapy; Granulation tissue

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSIMETRY; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ENDOBRONCHIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; GRANULATION TISSUE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISTULA; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38849121380     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.07.2324     Document Type: Article

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