Four-year clinical update from the American Society of Breast Surgeons MammoSite brachytherapy trial

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Nelson, Jonathan C ^a   Beitsch, Peter D ^b   Vicini, Frank A ^c   Quiet, Coral A ^d   Garcia, Delia ^e   Snider, Howard C ^f   Gittleman, Mark A ^g   Zannis, Victor J ^h   Whitworth, Pat W ⁱ   Fine, Richard E ^j   Keleher, Angela J ^k   Kuerer, Henry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Dallas Breast Center   (United States)

^c WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Arizona Oncology Services   (United States)

^e St Louis Cancer and Breast Center   (United States)

^f Alabama Breast Center Montgomery   (United States)

^g Sacred Heart Hospital   (United States)

^h Breast Care Center of the Southwest   (United States)

ⁱ Nashville Breast Center   (United States)

^j Advanced Breast Care   (United States)

^k Vassar Brothers Hospital   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast conserving therapy; MammoSite; Partial breast irradiation; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETICS; FAT NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEROMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649612766     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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