Severe late toxicities following concomitant chemoradiotherapy compared to radiotherapy alone in cervical cancer: An inter-era analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 973-982

  Gondi, Vinai ^a   Bentzen, Søren M ^b   Sklenar, Kathryn L ^c   Dunn, Emily F ^a   Petereit, Daniel G ^a,b   Tannehill, Scott P ^c,d   Straub, Margaret ^a   Bradley, Kristin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b RAPID CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Arizona Breast Cancer Specialists   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chemotherapy; Late toxicity; Radiotherapy; Vaginal stricture

Indexed keywords

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

CERVICAL CANCERS; COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITIES; LATE TOXICITIES; METHODS AND MATERIALS; RADIOTHERAPY ALONE; VAGINAL STRICTURE;

TOXICITY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COLON OBSTRUCTION; COLON STENOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTITIS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RECTUM FISTULA; SALVAGE THERAPY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SMOKING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ARTICLE; BLADDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DILATATION; DRUG EFFECT; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICS; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DILATATION; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PELVIC BONES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY; URINARY BLADDER; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINA;

EID: 84872030078     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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