Adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer: Effects of longer follow-up

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-43

  De Steene, Jan Van ^a   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^a   Cutuli, Bruno ^b   Storme, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Polyclinique Courlancy   (France)

Author keywords

Early breast cancer; Long term results; Overall survival; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIATION INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242663527     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.04.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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