Trends in postoperative radiotherapy delay and the effect on survival in breast cancer patients treated with conservation surgery

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1343-1348

  Stefoski Mikeljevic, J ^a,g   Haward, R ^b,c   Johnston, C ^a   Crellin, A ^d   Dodwell, D ^d   Jones, A ^e   Pisani, P ^f   Forman, D ^b,c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Northem Yorkshire Cancer Registry I   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g Arthington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adjuvant treatment; Breast neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Survival; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2342578162     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601693     Document Type: Article

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