Abnormalities on chest radiographs following radiation therapy for breast cancer

European Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 484-489

  Lind, P A R M ^a,b   Bylund, H ^b   Wennberg, B ^a   Svensson, C ^a   Svane, G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Radiation induced abnormalities; Radiotherapy; Thoracic radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034019879     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050081     Document Type: Article

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