Long-term outcome and quality of life of patients with endometrial carcinoma treated with or without pelvic radiotherapy in the post operative radiation therapy in endometrial carcinoma 1 (PORTEC-1) trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1692-1700

  Nout, Remi A ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Van De Poll Franse, Lonneke V ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Lybeert, Marnix L M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Wárlám Rodenhuis, Carla C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Jobsen, Jan J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Mens, Jan Willem M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Lutgens, Ludy C H W ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Pras, Betty ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Van Putten, Wim L J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Creutzberg, Carien L ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Research   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTANT METASTASIS; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECURRENT CANCER; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955604923     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.4590     Document Type: Article

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