Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 203-210 , October 2006

Perioperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy in locally advanced and recurrent gynecologic cancer: Initial results of a phase II trial

  • Rafael Martínez-Monge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Avenida Pio XII s/n, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, E-31080. Tel.: +34-948-255400; fax: 34-948-255500.
    • ,
  • Matías Jurado

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
    • ,
  • Mauricio Cambeiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
    • ,
  • Jeanette Valero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
    • ,
  • Elena Villafranca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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  • Juan L. Alcázar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clínica Universitaria de Navarra, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain

Received 31 May 2006 ,Revised 26 July 2006 ,Accepted 27 July 2006.

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 This study was selected for oral presentation at the European Group of Curietherapy-European Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (GEC–ESTRO) meeting in Budapest, Hungary, May 5–7, 2005.

PII: S1538-4721(06)00248-0

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.07.001

Brachytherapy
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 203-210 , October 2006

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