In favour of partial breast irradiation in selected patients and a well-directed intraoperative boost

Breast

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 581-583

  Vaidya, Jayant S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK REDUCTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33749449778     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2006.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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