Incidence and prognostic factors for seroma development after MammoSite breast brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-309

  Watkins, John M ^a   Harper, Jennifer L ^a   Dragun, Anthony E ^a   Ashenafi, Michael S ^a   Sinha, Debajyoti ^b   Li, Jun ^a   Cole, David J ^a   Jenrette III, Joseph M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conservation therapy; Breast neoplasms; Intracavitary brachytherapy; MammoSite; Seroma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BALLOON; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CATHETER; DATA BASE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOSITE BREAST BRACHYTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROMA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 53349147053     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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