Mammographic and ultrasonographic comparison between intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) and conventional external radiotherapy (RT) in limited-stage breast cancer, conservatively treated

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 222-230

  Della Sala, Sabino Walter ^a   Pellegrini, Marco ^a   Bernardi, Daniela ^a   Franzoso, Francesca ^a   Valentini, Marvi ^a   Di Michele, Stefano ^a   Centonze, Maurizio ^a   Mussari, Salvatore ^a  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Echography; Intraoperative radiotherapy; Mammography; Post operative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; POST-OPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); MAMMOGRAPHY; SURGERY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FAT NECROSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33746253174     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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