Validation of the methods of cosmetic assessment after breast-conserving therapy in the EORTC 'boost versus no boost' trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 667-676

  Vrieling, Conny ^a   Collette, Laurence ^b   Bartelink, Ellen ^a   Borger, Jacques H ^a   Brenninkmeyer, Stefan J ^c   Horiot, Jean Claude ^d   Pierart, Marianne ^b   Poortmans, Philip M ^e   Struikmans, Henk ^f   Van Der Schueren, Emmanuel ^g   Van Dongen, Joop A ^a   Van Limbergen, Erik ^g   Bartelink, Harry ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^e DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Cosmetic evaluation methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032827046     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00215-1     Document Type: Article

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