Acute Toxicity and 2-year Adverse Effects of 30 Gy in Five Fractions over 15 Days to Whole Breast after Local Excision of Early Breast Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 502-505

  Martin, S ^a   Mannino, M ^a   Rostom, A ^a   Tait, D ^a   Donovan, E ^a   Eagle, S ^a   Haviland, J ^b   Yarnold, J ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; fractionation; hypofractionation; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TOXICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48349088906     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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