Impact of boost irradiation on pelvic lymph node control in patients with cervical cancer

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-145

  Wakatsuki, Masaru ^a   Ohno, Tatsuya ^b   Kato, Shingo ^c   Ando, Ken ^b   Noda, Shin Ei ^b   Kiyohara, Hiroki ^b   Shibuya, Kei ^b   Karasawa, Kumiko ^a   Kamada, Tadashi ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

boost irradiation; lymph node metastasis; pelvic lymph node; radiation therapy; uterine cervical cancer

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; IRRADIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION;

BOOST IRRADIATION; CERVICAL CANCERS; CONTROL RATES; EXTERNAL BEAM IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NODE CONTROL; PELVIC LYMPH NODES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVICAL CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PELVIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84892723029     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrt097     Document Type: Article

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