Accelerated hypofractionated adjuvant whole breast radiotherapy with concomitant photon boost after conserving surgery for early stage breast cancer: A prospective evaluation on 463 patients

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 586-593

  Cante, Domenico ^a   Rosa La Porta, Maria ^a   Casanova Borca, Valeria ^a   Sciacero, Piera ^a   Girelli, Giuseppe ^a   Pasquino, Massimo ^a   Franco, Pierfrancesco ^b   Ozzello, Franca ^a,b  

^a Ivrea Community Hospital   (Italy)

^b Radiation Oncology Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast cancer; concomitant boost; hypofractionation; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 80755139666     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01159.x     Document Type: Review

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