Less aggressive surgery and radiotherapy is the way forward

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 523-528

  Costa, Alberto ^a   Zurrida, Stefano ^b   Gatti, Giovanna ^b   Gatzemeier, Wolfgang ^a   Orecchia, Roberto ^b,c   Monti, Simonetta ^b   Regolo, Lea ^a   Luini, Alberto ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Conservative surgery; Local control; Partial breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 8344284312     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cco.0000142483.04720.b5     Document Type: Review

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