Short-course palliative radiotherapy for uterine cervical cancer

Radiation Oncology Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 216-221

  Kim, Dong Hyun ^a   Lee, Ju Hye ^a   Ki, Yong Kan ^a   Nam, Ji Ho ^b   Kim, Won Taek ^a,c   Jeon, Ho Sang ^b   Park, Dahl ^a   Kim, Dong Won ^a,c  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cervix uteri; Hypofractionation; Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC PAIN; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; URINARY FREQUENCY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING;

EID: 84893282628     PISSN: 22341900     EISSN: 22343164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3857/roj.2013.31.4.216     Document Type: Article

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