Long-term results of high-dose-rate brachytherapy and external-beam radiotherapy in the primary treatment of endometrial cancer

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 675-681

  Inciura, Arturas ^a   Atkocius, Vydmantas ^b   Juozaityte, Elona ^a   Vaitkiene, Daiva ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Endometrial cancer; Radiation therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ONCOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ENDOMETRIAL CANCER; EXTERNAL-BEAM RADIOTHERAPIES; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP; LONG-TERM RESULTS; MEDICALLY INOPERABLE; PRIMARY TREATMENT; STAGE I; SURVIVAL;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 78649775574     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.10080     Document Type: Article

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