Radiation therapy and survival in breast cancer patients with 10 or more positive axillary lymph nodes treated with mastectomy

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1655-1660

  Diab, Sami G ^a   Hilsenbeck, Susan G ^a   de Moor, Carl ^a   Clark, Gary M ^a   Osborne, C K ^a   Ravdin, Peter M ^a   Elledge, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031804709     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.5.1655     Document Type: Article

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