National cancer data base analysis of radiation therapy consolidation modality for cervical cancer: The impact of new technological advancements

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1083-1090

  Gill, Beant S ^a   Lin, Jeff F ^a   Krivak, Thomas C ^b   Sukumvanich, Paniti ^a   Laskey, Robin A ^a   Ross, Malcolm S ^a   Lesnock, Jamie L ^a   Beriwal, Sushil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION; STAGES;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION; KAPLAN-MEIER METHOD; METHODS AND MATERIALS; MULTIVARIABLE ANALYSIS; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANCESTRY GROUP; CANCER CENTER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLASSIFICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84920177839     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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