Is machine energy (4-8 MV) associated with outcome for stage I-II breast cancer patients?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1095-1100

  Monson, Jedidiah M ^a,b   Chin, Lee ^a   Nixon, Asa ^a   Gage, Irene ^a   Silver, Barbara ^a   Recht, Abram ^a   Harris, Jay R ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4 MV; 6 MV; 8 MV; Breast carcinoma; Breast recurrence; Complications; Cosmetic result; Machine energy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; ENERGY; HUMAN; MACHINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030989845     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00574-3     Document Type: Article

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