Titanium clip placement to allow accurate tumour bed localisation following breast conserving surgery - Audit on behalf of the IMPORT Trial Management Group

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 578-582

  Coles, C E ^a   Wilson, C B ^a   Cumming, J ^a   Benson, J R ^a   Forouhi, P ^a   Wilkinson, J S ^a   Jena, R ^a   Wishart, G C ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgical clips

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TITANIUM;

EID: 67349259589     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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