Determinants of small bowel toxicity in postoperative pelvic irradiation for gynaecological malignancies

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4821-4826

  Huscher, Alessandra ^a   Bignardi, Mario ^a,c   Magri, Elena ^b   Vitali, Elisabetta ^b   Pasinetti, Nadia ^b   Costa, Loredana ^b   Frata, Paolo ^a,b   Magrini, Stefano Maria ^a,b  

^a Radiotherapy Department   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Pelvic irradiation; Radiotherapy; Small bowel toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FISTULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMOKING; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75149145030     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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