Hyperthermia combined with radiation therapy for superficial breast cancer and chest wall recurrence: A review of the randomised data

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 612-617

  Zagar, Timothy M ^a   Oleson, James R ^a   Vujaskovic, Zeljko ^a   Dewhirst, Mark W ^a   Craciunescu, Oana I ^a   Blackwell, Kimberly L ^a   Prosnitz, Leonard R ^a   Jones, Ellen L ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer recurrence; Hyperthermia; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MORBIDITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; THORAX WALL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956904026     PISSN: 02656736     EISSN: 14645157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2010.487194     Document Type: Review

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