Effects of radiotherapy and surgery for early breast cancer

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9523, 2006, Pages 1654-

  Verschraegen, Claire ^a   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LETTER; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY;

EID: 33646544020     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68726-6     Document Type: Letter

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