The role of radiation therapy for primary breast cancer

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1091-1115

  Taghian, A G ^a   Powell, S N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; EDEMA; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032872179     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70063-3     Document Type: Article

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