Seroma is an expected consequence and not a complication of MammoSite brachytherapy

Breast Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 498-502

  Patel, Priti S ^a   Yan, Weisi ^a   Trichter, Sam ^a   Sabbas, Albert ^a   Rosenblatt, Ruth ^b   Drotman, Michele B ^b   Swistel, Alexander ^b   Clifford Chao, K S ^a   Nori, Dattatreyudu ^a   Hayes, Mary Katherine ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cosmesis; MammoSite; partial breast irradiation; seroma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOSITE PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; PAIN; SEROMA; SKIN; VOLUMETRY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; RECURRENCE; SEROMA;

EID: 81155162404     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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