Radiation Therapy Is Associated With Improved Survival in the Adjuvant and Definitive Treatment of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1495-1501

  Shinohara, Eric T ^a   Mitra, Nandita ^a   Guo, Mengye ^a   Metz, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiation; Cholangiocarcinoma; Radiation; SEER program; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SHELTERS (FROM ATTACK); SURGERY;

ADJUVANT RADIATION; CAUCASIANS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURE RATES; HAZARD RATIOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSES; OVERALL SURVIVALS; PATIENT POPULATIONS; PROPENSITY SCORES; RADIATION THERAPIES; RADIATION TREATMENTS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSES; SEER PROGRAM;

RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349116313     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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