Update on accelerated partial-breast irradiation

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-41

  Taghian, Alphonse G ^a   Recht, Abram ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON THERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 31544451521     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-006-0007-7     Document Type: Review

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