Early-stage bilateral breast cancer treated with breast-conserving surgery and definitive irradiation: The University of Pennsylvania experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 959-967

  Fung, Man C ^a   Schultz, Delray J ^b,c   Solin, Lawrence J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral breast cancer; Breast conservation treatment; Definitive irradiation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030755960     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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