Adjuvant Regional Irradiation after Breast-conserving Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer: a Survey of Canadian Radiation Oncologists

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-45

  Clavel, S ^a   Roy, I ^a   Carrier, J F ^a   Rousseau, P ^a   Fortin, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjuvant irradiation; breast cancer; Canadian radiation oncologists; survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 73149102296     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.09.026     Document Type: Article

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