Evaluation of irradiated heart volumes in stage I breast cancer patients treated with postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1348-1353

  Gyenes, G ^a   Gagliardi, G ^a   Lax, I ^a   Fornander, T ^a   Rutqvist, L E ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VOLUME; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030937329     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.4.1348     Document Type: Article

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