Hypofractionation in radiotherapy. An investigation of injured Swedish women, treated for cancer of the breast

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 822-831

  Friberg, Sten ^a   Rudn, Bengt Inge ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PAIN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350697846     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860902824917     Document Type: Article

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