The clinical radiobiology of breast cancer radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-8

  Kurtz, John M ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 18144395069     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.03.017     Document Type: Editorial

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