Radiation therapy and patient age in the survival from early-stage breast cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 821-826

  Joslyn, Sue A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Local excision; Radiation therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032980996     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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