Outcome of whole-brain irradiation for breast cancer patients

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Johansen, Roar ^b   Westin, Andreas A ^a   Bofin, Anna M ^a,c   Lundgren, Steinar ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CRANIAL IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38349125986     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860701558765     Document Type: Article

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