New method of radiotherapy for anal cancer with three-dimensional tumor reconstruction based on endoanal ultrasound and ultrasound-guided afterloading therapy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-176

  Löhnert, Mathias ^a   Doniec, Julius Marek ^a   Kovács, György ^a   Schröder, Jörg ^a   Dohrmann, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afterloading therapy; Anal cancer; Endoanal sonography; Interstitial radiotherapy; Three dimensional endosonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIATION HAZARD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 6544277749     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02238244     Document Type: Article

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