Radiobiological depth of subcutaneous induration

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-190

  Nuutinen, Jouni ^a   Väänänen, Anssi ^a   Lahtinen, Tapani ^a,b   Turunen, Marita ^a   Remes, Saara ^b   Alanen, Esko ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Induration; Radiotherapy; Skin; Subcutaneous fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN TOXICITY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AGED; ATROPHY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN;

EID: 0034192171     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00147-4     Document Type: Article

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