Impact of boost technique on outcome in early-stage breast cancer patients treated with breast-conserving therapy

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-32

  Frazier, Robert C ^a   Kestin, Larry L ^a   Kini, Vijay ^a   Martinez, Alvaro A ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^a   Baglan, Kathy L ^a   Vicini, Frank A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Breast neoplasms; Breast conserving therapy; Interstitial implants; Lumpectomy; Mammary neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Segmental resections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035110682     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200102000-00004     Document Type: Article

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