Endoscopic brachytherapy for obstructive colorectal cancer

Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-317

  Tam, Tiffany Y ^a   Mukherjee, Som ^a   Farrell, Tom ^a   Morgan, David ^b   Sur, Ranjan ^a,b  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; High dose rate brachytherapy; Laser; Obstruction

Indexed keywords

BEVACIZUMAB; CAPECITABINE; CETUXIMAB; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIGH DOSE RATE INTRALUMINAL BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; YAG LASER;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 67651062425     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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