Partial breast irradiation: Is it a valid option?

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 297-299

  Bartelink, H ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; ESTHETICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SURGEON; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 33744515518     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2006.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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