Radiotherapy doses at special reference points correlate with the outcome of cervical cancer therapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-266

  Yoshimura, Ryo ichi ^a   Hayashi, Keiji ^a   Ayukawa, Fumio ^a   Toda, Kazuma ^a   Iwata, Masaru ^b   Oota, Sayako ^a   Hoshi, Akihiko ^c   Wakatsuki, Masaru ^d   Kurosaki, Hiromasa ^e   Okazaki, Atsushi ^d   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Department of Radiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose response relationship; Intracavitary brachytherapy; Late rectal complication; Pelvic control; Uterine cervical cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECTUM; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46849087401     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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