Protocol for a phase III randomised trial of image-guided intensity modulated radiotherapy (IG-IMRT) and conventional radiotherapy for late small bowel toxicity reduction after postoperative adjuvant radiation in Ca cervix

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Chopra, Supriya ^a   Engineer, Reena ^a   Mahantshetty, Umesh ^a   Misra, Shagun ^a   Phurailatpam, Reena ^a   Paul, Siji N ^a   Kannan, Sadhna ^a   Kerkar, Rajendra ^a   Maheshwari, Amita ^a   Shylasree, T S ^a   Ghosh, Jaya ^a   Gupta, Sudeep ^a   Thomas, Biji ^a   Singh, Shalini ^b   Sharma, Sanjiv ^c   Chilikuri, Srinivas ^d   Shrivastava, Shyam Kishore ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c MANIPAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^d Yashoda Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OPEN STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMALL BOWEL TOXICITY; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; TOXICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 84873177230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001896     Document Type: Article

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