Radiation therapy and breast cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 513-516

  Gage, Irene ^a   Harris, Jay R ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MASTECTOMY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031754745     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-199811000-00006     Document Type: Short Survey

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