Objective assessment of breast skin reactions after breast-conserving therapy

Journal of JASTRO

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 273-276

  Kawashima, Miho ^a   Nozaki, Miwako ^a   Furuta, Masaya ^a   Nakamura, Masayuki ^a   Komazaki, Kazuhiro ^a   Izawa, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast conserving therapy; Erythema index; Melanin index

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 39349110040     PISSN: 10409564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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