Clinical Experience Using Hypofractionated Radiation Schedules in Breast Cancer

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-264

  Whelan, Timothy J ^a,b   Kim, Do Hoon ^b   Sussman, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ESTHETICS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 49749100424     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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