Full-dose intraoperative radiotherapy with electrons in breast surgery: Broadening the indications

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 936-939

  Intra, Mattia ^a   Leonardi, Cristina ^a   Luini, Alberto ^a   Veronesi, Paolo ^a   Gennari, Roberto ^a   Gatti, Giovanna ^a   Ciocca, Mario ^a   Soteldo, Javier ^a   Bassi, Fabio ^a   Venturino, Marco ^a   Orecchia, Roberto ^a,b   Veronesi, Umberto ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 26844503334     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.140.10.936     Document Type: Article

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