Acute radiation dermatitis and pneumonitis in Japanese breast cancer patients with whole breast hypofractionated radiotherapy compared to conventional radiotherapy

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 334-338

  Osako, Tomo ^a,b   Oguchi, Masahiko ^a   Kumada, Madoka ^a   Nemoto, Keiko ^a   Iwase, Takuji ^a   Yamashita, Takashi ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Radiation dermatitis; Radiation pneumonitis; Whole breast hypofractionated radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA FOR ADVERSE EVENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL RADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOFRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RATING SCALE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44449134140     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn030     Document Type: Article

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