Brachytherapy or electron beam boost in conservation therapy of carcinoma of the breast: A nonrandomized comparison

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 995-1007

  Perez, Carlos A ^a,b   Taylor, Marie E ^a   Halverson, Karen ^a,c   Garcia, Delia ^a,d   Kuske, Robert R ^a,e   Lockett, Mary Ann ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy boost; Breast conservation therapy; Electron beam boost; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029918707     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02378-X     Document Type: Article

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