Long-term cardiac morbidity and mortality in a randomized trial of pre- and postoperative radiation therapy versus surgery alone in primary breast cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-190

  Gyenes, Gábor ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^b   Liedberg, Anette ^b   Fornander, Tommy ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cardiac mortality; Long term effects; Myocardial infarction; Radiotherapy side effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031715844     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(98)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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