Breast-Conserving Treatment in the Elderly: Long-Term Results of Adjuvant Hypofractionated and Normofractionated Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-81

  Kirova, Youlia M ^a   Campana, Francois ^a   Savignoni, Alexia ^a   Laki, Fatima ^a   Muresan, Marius ^a   Dendale, Remi ^a   Bollet, Marc A ^a   Salmon, Remy J ^a   Fourquet, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Breast cancer; Elderly patients; Hypofractionated; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; ELDERLY PATIENTS; HYPOFRACTIONATED; OUTCOME;

TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68649092546     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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