Soft tissue sarcoma after treatment for breast cancer - A Swedish population-based study

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2068-2075

  Karlsson, P ^b   Holmberg, E ^b   Samuelsson, A ^a   Johansson, K A ^a   Wallgren, A ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Long term effects; Radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA;

EID: 0032403584     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00319-0     Document Type: Article

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