Trends in the utilization of brachytherapy in cervical cancer in the United States

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-119

  Han, Kathy ^a   Milosevic, Michael ^a   Fyles, Anthony ^a   Pintilie, Melania ^a   Viswanathan, Akila N ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; METHODS AND MATERIALS; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING; UTILIZATION RATES;

CHEMOTHERAPY; ONCOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84881370140     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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