Technical note. Sonographic tailoring of electron beam boost site after lumpectomy and radiation therapy for breast cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-40

  Birdwell, Robyn L ^a   Ikeda, Debra M ^a   Torrey, Margaret J ^a   Goffinet, Don R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA IN SITU; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0030636557     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.1.8976916     Document Type: Article

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