Breast brachytherapy: North American experience

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-115

  Vicini, Frank A ^a   Arthur, Douglas W ^b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 15944373578     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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