Patterns of care and outcome in elderly cervical cancer patients: A special focus on brachytherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-201

  Magné, Nicolas ^a   Mancy, Nathalie Casanova ^a   Chajon, Enrique ^a   Duvillard, Pierre ^a   Pautier, Patricia ^a   Castaigne, Damienne ^a   Lhommé, Catherine ^a   Morice, Philippe ^a   Haie Meder, Christine ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cervical cancer; Elderly patients; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISTANT METASTASIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67349222863     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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