Postmastectomy Chest Wall Radiation to a Temporary Tissue Expander or Permanent Breast Implant-Is There a Difference in Complication Rates?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Anderson, Penny R ^a   Freedman, Gary ^a   Nicolaou, Nicos ^a   Sharma, Navesh ^a   Li, Tianyu ^a   Topham, Neal ^a   Morrow, Monica ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast implant; Breast reconstruction; Radiation therapy; Tissue expander

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMPLANT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CHEST WALLS; END POINTS; LOW RATES; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODELS; OVERALL RATES; RADIATION THERAPY; RADICAL MASTECTOMIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS;

PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

RESTORATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN FIBROSIS; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC WALL; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64049095270     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.06.1940     Document Type: Article

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