Indication of radiotherapy for women with cervical cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Carmo, Claudio C ^a   Luiz, Ronir R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Epidemiology; Radiotherapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; REGISTRIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74249089142     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a48b4c     Document Type: Article

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