The effect of timing of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery in patients with positive or close resection margins, young age, and node-negative disease, with long term follow-up

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 687-690

  Vujovic, Olga ^a   Cherian, Anil ^a   Yu, Edward ^a   Dar, A Rashid ^a   Stitt, Larry ^a   Perera, Francisco ^a  

^a LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Resection margins; Young age

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SURGERY;

BREAST CANCER; RESECTION MARGINS; YOUNG AGE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748943135     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.05.051     Document Type: Article

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