Can a Subgroup of Node-Negative Breast Carcinoma Patients With T1-2 Tumor Who May Benefit From Postmastectomy Radiotherapy be Identified?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1024-1029

  Yildirim, Emin ^a   Berberoglu, Ugur ^a  

^a ANKARA ONCOLOGY EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Local recurrence; Node negative; Prognosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CARCINOMA; DISTANT RECURRENCE; LOCAL RECURRENCE; NODE NEGATIVE; PROGNOSIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HORMONES; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CERBB2 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 34447287818     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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