Low-dose-rate brachytherapy as the sole radiation modality in the management of patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast- conserving therapy: Preliminary results of a pilot trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-310

  Vicini, Frank A ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^a   Fraile, Marta ^b   Gustafson, Gary S ^a   Edmundson, Gregory K ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a   Benitez, Pamela ^a   Pettinga, Jane ^c   Madrazo, Beatrice ^a   Ingold, John A ^a   Goldstein, Neal S ^a   Matter, Richard C ^a   Martinez, Alvaro A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast conserving therapy; Low dose rate

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030753802     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00035-7     Document Type: Article

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