Accelerated partial breast irradiation: Where do we stand?

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-225

  Dirbas, Frederick M ^a  

^a STANFORD CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiotherapy; Accelerated partial breast irradiation; APBI; Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Clinical trials; IORT

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; INTRACAVITARY BRACHYTHERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; SINGLE ENTRY MULTICATHETER BRACHYTHERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 60749110782     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2009.0015     Document Type: Article

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