T1-2 anal carcinoma requires elective inguinal radiation treatment - The results of Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group study TROG 99.02

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-98

  Matthews, John H L ^a   Burmeister, Bryan H ^b   Borg, Martin ^c   Capp, Anne L ^d   Joseph, David ^e   Thompson, Kerin M ^a   Thompson, Paul I ^a   Harvey, Jennifer A ^f   Spry, Nigel A ^g  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WOLLONGONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Queensland Radium Institute   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal carcinoma; Chemoradiation therapy; Inguinal nodes; Regional control

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANAL CANAL; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOSTOMY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DERMATITIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 78651358895     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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