Soft tissue sarcomas after radiation treatment for breast cancer. Three case studies and review of literature

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 144-149

  Schulz, Ulrich ^b   Gokel, Josef Michael ^c   Poleska, Waldemar ^a  

^a Klinikum Krefeld   (Germany)

^b Klin Strahlentherapie Radiol O   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adverse side effects; Breast neoplasms; Neoplasms, second primary; Radiotherapy; Soft tissue sarcomas

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATENT PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0034073428     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00002340     Document Type: Article

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