(P16) Hyperfractionated Abdominal Reirradiation for Gastrointestinal Malignancies
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Reirradiation to the abdomen for gastrointestinal malignancies
BACKGROUND Reirradiation to the abdomen could potentially play a role in palliation of symptoms or local control in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies. Our goal was to retrospectively determine rates of toxicity, freedom from local progression and overall survival in gastrointestinal cancer patients treated with reirradiation to the abdomen. METHODS Between November 2002 and Septembe...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.02.104