A randomized phase III study of conventional whole breast irradiation versus partial breast irradiation for women with stage 0, I, or II breast cancer

Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 719-721

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ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COST CONTROL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASTECTOMY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SECOND CANCER; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

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