Relationship between thermal dose and outcome in thermoradiotherapy treatments for superficial recurrences of breast cancer: Data from a phase III trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1997, Pages 371-380

  Sherar, Michael ^a,b   Liu, Fei Fei ^a,b   Pintilie, Melania ^a   Levin, Wilfred ^a,b   Hunt, John ^a,b   Hill, Richard ^a,b   Hand, Jeff ^c   Vernon, Clare ^c   Van Rhoon, Gerard ^d   Van Der Zee, Jacoba ^a   Gonzalez, Dionisio Gonzalez ^e   Van Dijk, Jan ^e   Whaley, Jill ^f   Machin, David ^f  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hyperthermia; Outcome; Randomized trial; Recurrence; Thermal dose

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030819509     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00333-7     Document Type: Article

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