Patient characteristics and treatment factors affecting cosmesis following lumpectomy and breast irradiation

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-353

  Deutsch, Melvin ^a   Flickinger, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cosmesis; Lumpectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0042563415     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.COC.0000020589.75948.E7     Document Type: Article

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