Long-Term Outcomes of IMRT for Breast Cancer: A Single-Institution Cohort Analysis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1031-1040

  McDonald, Mark W ^a   Godette, Karen D ^a   Butker, Elizabeth K ^a   Davis, Lawrence W ^a   Johnstone, Peter A S ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; IMRT; Local control; Survival; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCERS; BREAST TUMORS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CONSERVATIVE SURGERIES; DESIGN STANDARDS; DISTANT METASTASIS; DUCTAL CARCINOMA IN SITU; DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS; ENHANCED DYNAMIC WEDGES; IMRT; IPSILATERAL BREAST TUMOR RECURRENCES; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL CONTROLS; OVERALL SURVIVALS; RADIATION THERAPIES; RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWS; SECOND MALIGNANCIES; SKIN TOXICITIES; SURVIVAL; TOTAL DOSES;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049093214     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.02.053     Document Type: Article

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