Mammary fat necrosis following radiotherapy in the conservative management of localized breast cancer: Does it matter?

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-94

  Trombetta, Mark ^a,b   Valakh, Vladimir ^a   Julian, Thomas B ^a,b   Werts, E Day ^a,b   Parda, David ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat necrosis; Magnetic resonance; Mammography; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FAT NECROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTALGIA; PAIN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE NECROSIS; ULCER;

BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FAT NECROSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957879240     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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