The influence of the boost in breast-conserving therapy on cosmetic outcome in the eortc 'boost versus no boost' trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 677-685

  Vrieling, Conny ^a   Collette, Laurence ^b   Fourquet, Alain ^c   Hoogenraad, Willem J ^d   Horiot, Jean Claude ^e   Jager, Jos J ^f   Pierart, Marianne ^b   Poortmans, Philip M ^g   Struikmans, Henk ^h   Van Der Hulst, Marleen ^g   Van Der Schueren, Emmanuel ⁱ   Bartelink, Harry ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^d Jt Ctr Radiother Arnhem/N   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^f MAASTRO CLINIC   (Netherlands)

^g DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Cosmetic result; Radiotherapy boost

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032873663     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00211-4     Document Type: Article

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