Partial breast irradiation: A cautionary note

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-321

  Prosnitz, Leonard R ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MASTECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 33646265050     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.12.055     Document Type: Editorial

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