Partial breast irradiation: Revolution or evolution?

Cancer Treatment Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 599-607

  Hannoun Levi, Jean Michael ^a,e   Mazeron, J J ^b   Marsiglia, H ^c,d   Gerard, J P ^a  

^a CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost analysis; Local control; Partial breast irradiation; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7544245297     PISSN: 03057372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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