Multivariate Analysis of Para-Aortic Lymph Node Recurrence After Definitive Radiotherapy for Stage IB-IVA Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Uterine Cervix

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 834-842

  Huang, Eng Yen ^a   Wang, Chong Jong ^a   Chen, Hui Chun ^a   Fang, Fu Min ^a   Huang, Yu Jie ^a   Wang, Chang Yu ^a   Hsu, Hsuan Chih ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

PALN; Para aortic lymph node; Radiotherapy; SCC Ag; Squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous cell carcinoma antigen; Uterine cervix

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FOOD PROCESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; RANDOM VARIABLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILVER; TOMOGRAPHY;

CERVICAL CANCERS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFINITIVE RADIOTHERAPY; EARLY DETECTION; HIGH-RISK PATIENTS; INITIAL TREATMENT; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MULTI-VARIATE ANALYSIS; NONISOLATED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALN; PARA-AORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRE TREATMENTS; REGRESSION MODELLING; RISK FACTORS; SCC-AG; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN; UTERINE CERVIX;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52949138689     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.01.035     Document Type: Article

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