Size Does Matter: Can we Reduce the Radiotherapy Field Size for Selected Cases of Anal Canal Cancer Undergoing Chemoradiation?

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-379

  Crowley, C ^a   Winship, A Z ^a   Hawkins, M A ^a   Morris, S L ^a   Leslie, M D ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute and late toxicity; anal canal cancer; chemoradiation; prophylactic inguinal nodal irradiation

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LIVER METASTASIS; LIVER RESECTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 65449153681     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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