Fat Necrosis After Partial-Breast Irradiation With Brachytherapy or Electron Irradiation Versus Standard Whole-Breast Radiotherapy-4-Year Results of a Randomized Trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 724-731

  Lövey, Katalin ^a   Fodor, János ^a   Major, Tibor ^a   Szabó, Éva ^a   Orosz, Zsolt ^a   Sulyok, Zoltán ^a   Jánváry, Levente ^a   Fröhlich, Georgina ^a   Kásler, Miklós ^a   Polgár, Csaba ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Breast conserving therapy; Fat necrosis; High dose rate brachytherapy; Side effects

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON IRRADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; TUMORS;

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BREAST CONSERVING THERAPY; FAT NECROSIS; HIGH DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHRACYCLINE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GOSERELIN; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTRON THERAPY; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRRADIATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; FAT NECROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 34548695438     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.03.055     Document Type: Article

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