Superficial hyperthermia and irradiation for recurrent breast carcinoma of the chest wall: Prognostic factors in 196 tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 365-375

  Lee, Henry K ^a   Antell, Andrew G ^a   Perez, Carlos A ^a,b   Straube, William L ^a   Ramachandran, Ganeshan ^a   Myerson, Robert J ^a   Emami, Bahman ^a   Molmenti, Ernesto P ^a   Buckner, Alyson ^a   Lockett, Mary A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Chest wall; Hyperthermia; Prognostic parameters; Radiation therapy; Recurrent breast cancer; Reirradiation; Thermal parameters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; THERMOMETRY; THORAX WALL CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0032518466     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00740-2     Document Type: Article

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