Inflammatory breast cancer: Enhanced local control with hyperfractionated radiotheraphy and infusional vincristine, ifosfamide and epirubicin

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 400-402

  Gurney, H ^a   Harnett, P ^a   Kefford, R ^b   Boyages, J ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Ifosfamide; Inflammatory breast cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTITIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPENIA; RADIATION DOSE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

EID: 0031829815     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb01974.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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