Predictors of Cosmetic Outcome Following MammoSite Breast Brachytherapy: A Single-Institution Experience of 100 Patients With Two Years of Follow-Up

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 354-358

  Dragun, Anthony E ^a   Harper, Jennifer L ^a   Jenrette, Joseph M ^a   Sinha, Debajyoti ^b   Cole, David J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast brachytherapy; Cosmetic outcome; MammoSite; Predictors

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; HORMONES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; TOXICITY;

ADJUVANTS; BREAST BRACHYTHERAPY; COSMETIC OUTCOME; MAMMOSITE; PREDICTORS;

ONCOLOGY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DESQUAMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN TOXICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34247859360     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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