The Effect of adjuvant radiotherapy on mortality differs according to primary tumor location in women with node-positive breast cancer;Die Wirkung der adjuvanten Strahlentherapie auf das Letalitätsrisiko variiert je nach Tumorsitz bei Patientinnen mit einem nodal positiven Mammakarzinom

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-168

  Vinh Hung, Vincent ^a   Truong, Pauline T ^b   Janni, Wolfgang ^c   Nguyen, Nam Phong ^d   Vlastos, Georges ^e   Cserni, Gábor ^f   Royce, Melanie E ^g   Woodward, Wendy A ^h   Promish, Donald ⁱ   Tai, Patricia ^j   Soete, Guy ^a   Balmer Majno, Sabine ^e   Cutuli, Bruno ^k   Storme, Guy ^a   Bouchardy, Christine ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f BÁCS KISKUN COUNTY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

ⁱ Decision Analysis   (United States)

^j Allan Blair Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^k Polyclinic of Courlancy   (France)

^l GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary nodes; Radiotherapy; Tumor location

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63449128139     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-009-1921-z     Document Type: Article

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