Phase II trial of brachytherapy alone after lumpectomy for select breast cancer: Toxicity analysis of RTOG 95-17

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Kuske, Robert R ^a   Winter, Kathryn ^b   Arthur, Douglas W ^c   Bolton, John ^d   Rabinovitch, Rachel ^e   White, Julia ^f   Hanson, William ^g   Wilenzick, R M ^h  

^a Arizona Oncology Services   (United States)

^b RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g Radiological Physics Center   (United States)

^h OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Complications

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; COMPLICATIONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST TENDERNESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKINFOLD; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXILLA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 33645958254     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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