Can radiation therapy for breast cancer be avoided?

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9438, 2004, Pages 916-917

  Sacchini, Virgilio ^a   Borgen, Patrick I ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL;

EID: 4444251401     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17037-2     Document Type: Note

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