Is partial breast irradiation a step forward or backward?

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-75

  Buchholz, Thomas A ^a   Kuerer, Henry M ^a   Strom, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15944410338     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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