Long-term results of radiotherapy in primary carcinoma of the vagina;Langzeitergebnisse der Strahlentherapie beim primären Vaginalkarzinom

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 184-189

  Hegemann, Stefan ^a   Schäfer, Ulrich ^a,b   Lellé, Ralph ^a   Willich, Normann ^a   Micke, Oliver ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b LIPPE HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Curative treatment; Long term results; Radiation therapy; Vaginal cancer

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192; RADIUM 226;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; IRRADIATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REMISSION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN TOXICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

EID: 63449089321     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-009-1930-y     Document Type: Article

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