Historical trends in the use of radiation therapy for pediatric cancers: 1973-2008

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Jairam, Vikram ^a   Roberts, Kenneth B ^a,b   Yu, James B ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA; BONE CANCER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN CANCER; COMBINATION THERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM; HISTORICAL TRENDS; INITIAL TREATMENT; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; NEUROBLASTOMAS; NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PEDIATRIC CANCER; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOFT TISSUE;

DIAGNOSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DISEASES;

PREDNISONE; RADIOISOTOPE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT CANCER; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETINOBLASTOMA; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RADIOTHERAPY; RETINOBLASTOMA; SEER PROGRAM; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WILMS TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873282095     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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