Role of template guided interstitial implants in breast conservation therapy

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-83

  Srinivas, Satish K ^a   Reddy, K S ^a   Vivekanandam, S ^a   Parthasarathy, V ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Breast conservation and surgery; Breast conservation therapy; Disease free survival; External beam radiotherapy; HDR Brachytherapy; Interstitial implantation; Overall survival; Radiotherapy; Template; Tumor bed boost

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644478236     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 09731482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.16706     Document Type: Article

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