In vivo intraoperative radiotherapy: A novel approach to radiotherapy for early stage breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1515-1516

  Stitzenberg, Karyn B ^a   Klauber Demore, Nancy ^a   Chang, Xiao Sha ^a   Calvo, Benjamin F ^a   Ollila, David W ^a   Goyal, Lav K ^a   Meyers, Michael O ^a   Kim, Hong Jin ^a   Tepper, Joel E ^a   Sartor, Carolyn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MICROWAVE OVEN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SHIELD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34047220885     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9152-3     Document Type: Article

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