Myocardial damage in breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant radiotherapy: A prospective study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 899-905

  Gyenes, Gábor ^a,c   Fornander, Tommy ^a   Carlens, Per ^a   Glas, Ulla ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Early breast cancer; Long term effects; Microvascular damage; Myocardial disease; Radiotherapy; Technetium 99 m sestamibi perfusion scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PERFUSION; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0030294366     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00125-3     Document Type: Article

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