Reirradiation combined with hyperthermia in recurrent breast cancer results in a worthwhile local palliation

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 483-490

  Van Der Zee, J ^a   Van Der Holt, B ^a   Rietveld, P J M ^a   Helle, P A ^b   Wijnmaalen, A J ^a   Van Putten, W L J ^a   Van Rhoon, G C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hyperthermia; Local tumour control; Palliation; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; TOXICITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032904414     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690075     Document Type: Article

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