Radiotherapy with and without chemotherapy after breast conservation surgery for early stage breast cancer: A review of timing

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 254-257

  Ampil, F L ^a,b   Burton, G V ^a   Li, B D L ^a   Mills, G M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033492517     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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