Low-dose-rate definitive Brachytherapy for high-grade vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia

Oncologist

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-188

  Blanchard, Pierre ^a   Monnier, Laurie ^a   Dumas, Isabelle ^a   Morice, Philippe ^a   Pautier, Patricia ^a   Duvillard, Pierre ^a   Azoury, Fares ^a   Mazeron, Renaud ^a   Haie Meder, Christine ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Carcinoma in situ; Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; Vaginal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; VAGINAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 79952596023     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2010-0326     Document Type: Article

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