Radiotherapy with or without hyperthermia in the treatment of superficial localized breast cancer: Results from five randomized controlled trials

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 731-744

  Vernon, Clare C ^a   Hand, Jeffrey W ^a   Field, Stanley B ^a   Machin, David ^b   Whaley, Jill B ^b   Van Der Zee, Jacoba ^c   Van Putten, Wim L J ^c   Van Rhoon, Gerard C ^c   Van Dijk, Jan D P ^d   González González, Dionisio ^d   Liu, Fei Fei ^e   Goodman, Phyllis ^e   Sherar, Michael ^e  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hyperthermia; Radiotherapy; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030200474     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(96)00154-X     Document Type: Article

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