Pelvic bone complications after radiation therapy of uterine cervical cancer: Evaluation with MRI

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 987-994

  Kwon, Jong Won ^a   Huh, Seung Jae ^a   Yoon, Young Cheol ^a   Choi, Sang Hee ^a   Jung, Jee Young ^a   Oh, Dongryul ^a   Choe, Bong Keun ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

MRI; Oncologic imaging; Pelvic insufficiency fracture; Radiotherapy complications; Uterine cervical cancer; Women's imaging

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE DISEASE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOLYSIS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; KOREA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PREVALENCE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 53249117579     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3634     Document Type: Article

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