Intensity modulated radiation therapy for definitive treatment of paraortic relapse in patients with endometrial cancer

Practical Radiation Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shirvani, Shervin M ^a   Klopp, Ann H ^a   Likhacheva, Anna ^a   Jhingran, Anuja ^a   Soliman, Pamela T ^a   Lu, Karen H ^a   Eifel, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTESTINE FISTULA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84872009162     PISSN: 18798500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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