Mixed connective tissue disease and radiation toxicity: A case report

Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 612-618

  Mayr, Nina A ^a,b   Riggs Jr , Charles E ^a   Saag, Kenneth G ^a   Wen, B Chen ^a   Pennington, Edward C ^a   Hussey, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

breast carcinoma; complications; lupus erythematous; mixed connective tissue disease; radiation therapy; systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS; SKIN TOXICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031015876     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970201)79:3<612::AID-CNCR26>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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