The less than whole breast radiotherapy approach

Breast

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-187

  Lehman, Margot ^a   Hickey, Brigid ^b  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Mater Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; External beam radiotherapy; Interstitial brachytherapy; Intracavitary braachytherapy; Intraoperative radiotherapy; Partial breast irradiation; Permanent seed implant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON THERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENCE RISK; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; THERAPY EFFECT; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77953340715     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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