Risk factors for regional nodal failure after breast-conserving therapy: Regional nodal irradiation reduces rate of axillary failure in patients with four or more positive lymph nodes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 658-670

  Grills, Inga S ^a   Kestin, Larry L ^a   Goldstein, Neal ^a   Mitchell, Christina ^a   Martinez, Alvaro ^a   Ingold, John ^a   Vicini, Frank A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axilla; Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Radiation; Regional nodal failure

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; IRRADIATION; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

LYMPH NODES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0037944118     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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