Local recurrence of breast cancer after MammoSite® brachytherapy

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 798-800

  Voth, Matthew ^a   Budway, Raye ^a   Keleher, Angela ^a   Caushaj, Philip F ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33750130604     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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