Adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer: Are there factors that allow selection of patients who do not require adjuvant radiotherapy following breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer?

Minerva Medica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-107

  Loncaster, J ^a   Dodwell, D ^a  

^a United Kingdom   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms, radiotherapy; Breast neoplasms, surgery; Neoplasm recurrence, local, therapy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036087019     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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