Early clinical and radiological pulmonary complications following breast cancer radiation therapy: NTCP fit with four different models

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-316

  Rancati, Tiziana ^a   Wennberg, Berit ^b,c   Lind, Pehr ^b,c   Svane, Gunilla ^d   Gagliardi, Giovanna ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Department of Oncology ^*

Author keywords

Breast cancer; NTCP models; Pulmonary complications; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SWEDEN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PNEUMONIA; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33847676228     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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