Vaginal dilator therapy for women receiving pelvic radiotherapy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Miles, Tracie ^a   Johnson, Nick ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RUPTURE; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TIME; VAGINA;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RUPTURE; TIME FACTORS; VAGINA;

EID: 77957948423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007291.pub2     Document Type: Review

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