Partial vs. whole breast irradiation in a community hospital: A retrospective cohort analysis of 200 patients

Brachytherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 248-253

  Ko, Eric C ^a   Koprowski, Christopher D ^a   Dickson Witmer, Diana ^b   Penman, Emily ^b   Sorensen, Michael ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra L ^c   Sammons, Sarah ^a   Farach, Andrew ^a   Strasser, Jon ^a  

^a HELEN F GRAHAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; External beam radiotherapy; High dose rate radiation; MammoSite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954892617     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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