Targeted intra-operative radiotherapy - TARGIT for early breast cancer: Can we spare the patient daily journeys to the radiotherapist?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1138, Issue , 2008, Pages 132-135

  Baum, Michael ^a   Vaidya, Jayant S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early breast cancer; Intra operative radiotherapy; Technology for developing world

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 53149100979     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1414.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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