Brachytherapy and breast cancer

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 190-195

  White, Julia R ^a   Wilson, J Frank ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; breast neoplasms radiotherapy surgery; interstitial implants; local neoplasm recurrence; radiotherapy dosage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030949890     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199705/06)13:3<190::AID-SSU6>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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