Phase III study of interstitial thermoradiotherapy compared with interstitial radiotherapy alone in the treatment of recurrent or persistent human tumors: A prospectively controlled randomized study by the radiation therapy oncology group

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1097-1104

  Emami, Bahman ^a,h   Scott, Charles ^b   Perez, Carlos A ^a   Asbell, Sucha ^c   Swift, Patrick ^d   Grigsby, Perry ^a   Montesano, Angelica ^c   Rubin, Philip ^e   Curran, Walter ^f   Delrowe, John ^g   Arastu, Hyder ^c   Fu, Karen ^d   Moros, Eduardo ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c Albert Einstein Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Interstitial hyperthermia; Interstitial radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PELVIS TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 9244264378     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02137-X     Document Type: Article

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