Pelvic fractures after radiotherapy for cervical cancer: Implications for survivors

Cancer

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 625-630

  Schmeler, Kathleen M ^a   Jhingran, Anuja ^a   Iyer, Revathy B ^a   Sun, Charlotte C ^a   Eifel, Patricia J ^a   Soliman, Pamela T ^a   Ramirez, Pedro T ^a   Frumovitz, Michael ^a   Bodurka, Diane C ^a   Sood, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Cervical cancer; Pelvic fractures; Radiotherapy; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; SACRUM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PUBIC BONE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SACRUM; TIME FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 76249105583     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24811     Document Type: Article

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