Post mastectomy adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer: A comparision of three hypofractionated protocols

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 282-287

  Shahid, Abubaker ^a   Athar, Mohammad Amin ^b   Asghar, Saeeda ^a   Zubairi, Tanvir ^c   Murad, Sohail ^a   Yunas, Numair ^a  

^a Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology INMOL   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c SERVICES HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RELAPSE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; SKIN TOXICITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65949098414     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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