Curative radiation therapy for locally advanced cervical cancer: Brachytherapy is NOT optional

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 537-539

  Tanderup, Kari ^a,b   Eifel, Patricia J ^c   Yashar, Catheryn M ^d   Pötter, Richard ^e   Grigsby, Perry W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84893825071     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.11.011     Document Type: Editorial

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