Cyberknife radiosurgery for squamous cell carcinoma of vulva after prior pelvic radiation therapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 375-380

  Kunos, Charles ^a   Von Gruenigen, Vivian ^a   Waggoner, Steven ^a   Brindle, James ^a   Zhang, Yuxia ^a   Myers, Brenda ^a   Funkhouser, Gary ^a   Wessels, Barry ^a   Einstein, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyberknife radiosurgery; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLITORIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERMETABOLISM; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PELVIS; PERINEUM; PHOTON THERAPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 53549105279     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460800700504     Document Type: Article

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