Impact of Fraction Size on Cardiac Mortality in Women Treated With Tangential Radiotherapy for Localized Breast Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 483-489

  Marhin, Wilson ^a,b   Wai, Elaine ^c   Tyldesley, Scott ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Breast cancer; Cardiac mortality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; TUMORS;

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CARDIAC MORTALITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548487545     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.03.033     Document Type: Article

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