Patient compliance with the use of vaginal dilators following pelvic radiotherapy for a gynaecological cancer

Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-25

  Punt, Lisa ^a,b,c  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

compliance; gynaecological cancer; radiotherapy; Vaginal dilators; vaginal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE THERAPY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DILATOR;

EID: 79952978258     PISSN: 14603969     EISSN: 14671131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1460396910000476     Document Type: Article

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