Practice patterns of radiotherapy in endometrial cancer among member groups of the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-399

  Small, William ^a,i   Bois, Andreas Du ^c   Bhatnagar, Saurabha ^a   Reed, Nick ^d   Pignata, Sandro ^e   Potter, Richard ^f   Randall, Marcus ^b   Mirza, Monsoor ^g   Trimble, Edward ^h   Gaffney, David ^a  

^a RTOG   (United States)

^b GOG   (United States)

^c AGO OVAR   (Germany)

^d EORTC   (United Kingdom)

^e MITO   (Italy)

^f AGO Austria   (Austria)

^g NSGO   (Denmark)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endometrial cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM; SIMULATION; THORACIC SPINE; VAGINA;

EID: 68149178671     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/igc.0b013e3181a1cee8     Document Type: Article

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