Radiation pneumonitis after breast cancer irradiation: Analysis of the complication probability using the relative seriality model

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 373-381

  Gagliardi, Giovanna ^a   Bjöhle, Judith ^a   Lax, Ingmar ^a   Ottolenghi, Andrea ^b   Eriksson, Fredrik ^a   Liedberg, Anette ^a   Lind, Pehr ^c   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer radiotherapy; Lung complications; NTCP; Radiation pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0342614886     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00420-4     Document Type: Article

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