Second Place Tie Residents' Competition: Irradiation effect after mastectomy on breast cancer recurrence in patients presenting with locally advanced disease

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 605-610

  Taras, Angie R ^a   Thorpe, Jason D ^b   Morris, Astrid D ^a   Atwood, Mary ^a   Lowe, Kimberly A ^c   Beatty, J David ^a  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disease free survival; Irradiation; Mastectomy; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79955681200     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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