Long-term complications of breast-conservation therapy: Can the incidence be reduced?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 524-525

  Beenken, Samuel W ^a   Bland, Kirby I ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; WORM INFECTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0036062376     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/aso.2002.9.6.524     Document Type: Editorial

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