Radiotherapy-induced lumbosacral plexopathy in a patient with cervical cancer: A case report and literature review

Wspolczesna Onkologia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-196

  Klimek, Małgorzata ^a   Kosobucki, Radosław ^a   Łuczyńska, Elzbieta ^a   Bieda, Tomasz ^a   Urbański, Krzysztof ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Paralysis; Paresis; Plexus lumbosacralis; Radiochemotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CISPLATIN; GALANTAMINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXOPATHY; NAUSEA; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SPINE DISEASE; TELETHERAPY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VOMITING;

EID: 84861748955     PISSN: 14282526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/wo.2012.28805     Document Type: Article

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