External-beam-based partial breast irradiation

Nature Clinical Practice Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 326-327

  Formenti, Silvia C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249883878     PISSN: 17434254     EISSN: 17434262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc0840     Document Type: Review

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