Intraoperative high-dose-rate brachytherapy - A novel technique in the surgical management of axillary recurrence

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-145

  Chadha, Manjeet ^a   Mehta, Par ^a   Feldman, Sheldon ^a   Boolbol, Susan K ^a   Harrison, Louis B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axilla; Intraoperative radiation therapy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER;

ADULT; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 62149094658     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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