Pain and mean absorbed dose to the pubic bone after radiotherapy among gynecological cancer survivors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1171-1180

  Waldenström, Ann Charlotte ^a,b   Olsson, Caroline ^a   Wilderäng, Ulrica ^a   Dunberger, Gail ^c   Lind, Helena ^c   Al Abany, Massoud ^c,d   Palm, Sa ^b   Åvall Lundqvist, Elisabeth ^d   Johansson, Karl Axel ^b   Steineck, Gunnar ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dose volume response; Gynecological cancer; Pain; Pelvic radiotherapy; Pubic bone

Indexed keywords

DOSE-VOLUME; GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER; PAIN; PELVIC RADIOTHERAPY; PUBIC BONE;

BONE; DISEASES; HEALTH;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS SARCOMA; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES; BRACHYTHERAPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PUBIC BONE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN; WALKING;

EID: 79959331463     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.04.007     Document Type: Article

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