Early skin and lung reactions in breast cancer patients after radiotherapy: Prospective study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 163-169

  Holli, Kaija ^a   Pitkänen, Maunu ^a   Järvenpää, Ritva ^a   Rajala, Juha ^a   Lahtela, Sirpa ^a,b   Hyödynmaa, Simo ^a   Ojala, Antti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lung reactions; Radiotherapy; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COUGH; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036669415     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00168-8     Document Type: Article

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