Myocardial infarction among women with early-stage breast cancer treated with conservative surgery and breast irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Rutqvist, Lars E ^a   Liedberg, Anette ^a   Hammar, Niklas ^b   Dalberg, Kristina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conservation; Myocardial infarction; Radiation therapy; Treatment technique

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COBALT 60; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0032518458     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00765-7     Document Type: Article

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