Association Between Tangential Beam Treatment Parameters and Cardiac Abnormalities After Definitive Radiation Treatment for Left-Sided Breast Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 508-516

  Correa, Candace R ^a   Das, Indra J ^a   Litt, Harold I ^a   Ferrari, Victor ^a   Hwang, Wei Ting ^a   Solin, Lawrence J ^a   Harris, Eleanor E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cardiac effect; Radiation complications; Radiation therapy; Technique

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FORECASTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

BREAST CANCER; CARDIAC EFFECT; RADIATION COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION THERAPY; TECHNIQUE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ANASTROZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 51549094801     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.12.037     Document Type: Article

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