Absence of adverse early quality of life outcomes of radiation therapy in breast conservation therapy for early breast cancer

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-43

  Back, Michael ^a,e   Ahern, V ^b   Delaney, G ^c   Graham, P ^d   Steigler, A ^a   Wratten, C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 15244350717     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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