The effect of addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy in the treatment of women with cervical cancer: A survival analysis using propensity score

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 271-275

  Carmo, Claudio C ^a   Luiz, Ronir R ^b   Silva, Gustavo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chemotherapy; Epidemiology; Radiotherapy; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55849108835     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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