Randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of breast irradiation following lumpectomy and axillary disection for node-negative breast cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 683-689

  Clark, R M ^a   Mcculloch, P B ^b   Levine, M N ^b   Lipa, M ^c   Wilkinson, R H ^d   Mahoney, L J ^e   Basrur, V R ^b   Nair, B D ^f   Mcdermot, R S ^f   Wong, C S ^a   Corbett, P J ^g  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Ontario Cancer Foundation   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d NORTH YORK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f Ontario Cancer Foundation   (Canada)

^g Ont Can Treatment/Res Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0026659838     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/84.9.683     Document Type: Article

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