Local hyperthermia combined with external irradiation for regional recurrent breast carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-183

  Li, Gong ^a   Mitsumori, Michihide ^a   Ogura, Masakazu ^a   Horii, Naotoshi ^b   Kawamura, Sachiko ^a   Masunaga, Shin Ichiro ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kishiwada City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hyperthermia; Local recurrence; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESQUAMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKIN ULCER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 3142631827     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-004-0395-3     Document Type: Article

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