Electron are irradiation of the postmastectomy chest wall: Clinical results

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-24

  Gaffney, David K ^a   Prows, Janalyn ^b   Leavitt, Dennis D ^a   Egger, Marlene J ^a   Morgan, John G ^a   Stewart, J Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Methodist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chest wall; Electron arc; Postmastectomy; Rotational therapy

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; ELECTRON RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; ELECTRON; MALE; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THORAX;

EID: 0030636814     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01860-9     Document Type: Article

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