MammoSite®

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-394

  Keisch, Martin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytheraphy; Breast irradiation; Early stage breast cancer; MammoSite

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; META ANALYSIS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 22544465831     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2.4.387     Document Type: Review

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