Adjuvant radiotherapy after mastectomy for pT1-pT2 node negative (pN0) breast cancer: Is it worth the effort?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 227-231

  Voordeckers, Mia ^a   Van De Steene, Jan ^a   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^a   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early breast cancer; Mastectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542571058     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00234-2     Document Type: Article

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