Accelerated Hyperfractionated Radiotherapy for Cervical Cancer: Multi-Institutional Prospective Study of Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia Among Eight Asian Countries

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1522-1529

  Ohno, Tatsuya ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^b   Kato, Shingo ^a   Koo, Cho Chul ^c   Chansilpa, Yaowalak ^d   Pattaranutaporn, Pittayapoom ^d   Calaguas, Miriam Joy C ^e   de los Reyes, Rey H ^f   Zhou, Beibei ^g   Zhou, Juying ^h   Susworo, Raden ⁱ   Supriana, Nana ⁱ   Dung, To Anh ^j   Ismail, Fuad ^k   Sato, Sinichiro ^a   Suto, Hisao ^l   Kutsutani Nakamura, Yuzuru ^m   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e ST LUKE S MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^f Jose R Reyes Memorial Medical Center   (Philippines)

^g China   (China)

^h SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ CIPTO MANGUNKUSUMO HOSPITAL   (Indonesia)

^j Hanoi Heart Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^k Kabansaan Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^l Matsudo City Hospital   (Japan)

^m SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Accelerated hyperfractionation; Cervical cancer; Developing country; Overall treatment time; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETERS; ONCOLOGY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

ACCELERATED HYPERFRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL CANCER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41249097681     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.08.038     Document Type: Article

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