Should adjuvant radiotherapy to the supraclavicular fossa be routinely given in patients with breast conservative treatment?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-150

  Wang, Chun Wei ^a,b   Kuo, Wen Hong ^a   Chang, King Jen ^a   Huang, Chiun Sheng ^a   Cheng, Jason Chia Hsien ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Radiotherapy; Supraclavicular fossa

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AXILLA; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34547950101     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20791     Document Type: Article

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