Quality of life in patients with cervical cancer FIGO IIb stage after concomitant chemoradiotherapy

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Ljuca, Dzenita ^a   Marosevic, Goran ^b  

^a Gynecology and Obstetrics Clinic

^b UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTRE TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Concomitant chemoradiotherapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 71049133076     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10019-009-0025-9     Document Type: Article

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