Radiation therapy for palliation of sarcoma metastases: A unique and uniform hypofractionation experience

Sarcoma

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Soyfer, Viacheslav ^a   Corn, Benjamin W ^a   Kollender, Yehuda ^b   Tempelhoff, Haim ^a   Meller, Isaac ^a   Merimsky, Ofer ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; EWING SARCOMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SARCOMA; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN TOXICITY; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 77951613020     PISSN: 1357714X     EISSN: 13691643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/927972     Document Type: Article

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