Hypofractionated radiotherapy for breast cancer patients treated by breast-conserving surgery: Short-term morbidity and preliminary results

Breast Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Plataniotis, Georgios A ^a   Theofanopoulou, Maria Aikaterini ^a   Sotiriadou, Konstantinia ^b   Kyrgias, Georgios ^b  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Hypofractionation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; SKIN TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73549120885     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12282-009-0102-3     Document Type: Article

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