Adjuvant radiotherapy in early stage endometrial cancer;Radioterapia adjuvante para cǎncer do endométrio estádio inicial

Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-442

  Zuliani, Antonio Carlos ^a   Cairo, Aurea Akemi ^a   Esteves, Sergio Carlos Barros ^a   dos Santos Watanabe, Carla Cristina ^a   Cunha, Maércio de Oliveira ^a   de Souza, Gustavo Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Brachytherapy; Endometrial neoplasms; Female; Genital neoplasms; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052211621     PISSN: 01044230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-42302011000400019     Document Type: Article

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