Brachytherapy in the treatment of cholangiocarcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 722-728

  Shinohara, Eric T ^a   Guo, Mengye ^b   Mitra, Nandita ^b   Metz, James M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cholangiocarcinoma; Radiation; SEER; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA SETS; HAZARD RATIO; LARGE GROUPS; MEDIAN SURVIVAL; MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SEER;

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957193266     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.070     Document Type: Article

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