The effects of radiotherapy for the treatment of contralateral breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Schootman, Mario ^a,b   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b   Gillanders, William E ^a,b   Yan, Yan ^a,b   Aft, Rebecca ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Metachronous; Mortality; Neoplasm; Radiotherapy; Recurrence; Second primary neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247483083     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9354-1     Document Type: Article

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