Prospective multi-institutional study of definitive radiotherapy with high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy in patients with nonbulky (<4-cm) stage i and II uterine cervical cancer (JAROG0401/JROSG04-2)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Toita, Takafumi ^a   Kato, Shingo ^b   Niibe, Yuzuru ^c   Ohno, Tatsuya ^d   Kazumoto, Tomoko ^e   Kodaira, Takeshi ^f   Kataoka, Masaaki ^g   Shikama, Naoto ^h   Kenjo, Masahiro ⁱ   Tokumaru, Sunao ^j   Yamauchi, Chikako ^k   Suzuki, Osamu ^l   Sakurai, Hideyuki ^m   Numasaki, Hodaka ⁿ   Teshima, Teruki ⁿ   Oguchi, Masahiko ^o   Kagami, Yoshikazu ^p   Nakano, Takashi ^q   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^r   Mitsuhashi, Norio ^s  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY HEAVY ION MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^h Nagano Prefectural Federation of Agricultural Cooperative for Health and Welfare   (Japan)

ⁱ HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k Shiga Medical Center for Adults   (Japan)

^l Osaka Medical Center for Cancer   (Japan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^o CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^p NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^q GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^r KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^s TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Carcinoma of the cervix; Dose response; High dose rate; Intracavitary brachytherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY EFFECTIVE DOSE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA OF THE CERVIX; CERVICAL CANCERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEFINITIVE RADIOTHERAPY; DISTANT METASTASIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HIGH DOSE RATE; LARGE INTESTINE; LOCAL CONTROL; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; OVERALL TREATMENT TIME; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; SMALL INTESTINE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR SIZE; UTERINE CERVICAL CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX;

DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; EARLY CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TUMOR BURDEN; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83955165969     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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