6. Radiotherapy for early and advanced breast cancer

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 609-612

  Harris Frck, S ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; STEROID;

ADVANCED CANCER; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY CANCER; ELECTRON; ERYTHEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TELANGIECTASIA; THORAX WALL; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; REVIEW;

BONE NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0034747234     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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