Timescale of evolution of late radiation injury after postoperative radiotherapy of breast cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 745-750

  Johansson, Silvia ^a,b   Svensson, Hans ^a   Denekamp, Juliana ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fibrosis; Late morbidity; Neuropathy; Radiation; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIALGIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SURVIVAL TIME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MIDDLE AGE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STERNUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034306884     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00674-X     Document Type: Article

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