A detailed baseline audit of radiotherapy for primary breast cancer: Old habits, new principles

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-102

  Paterson, I C M ^a  

^a Velindre NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Local recurrence rates; Radiation morbidity; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEUROPATHY; NORTH AMERICA; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031970669     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(05)80486-8     Document Type: Article

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