Long-term results of postoperative prophylactic nodal irradiation for node-positive, high-risk breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-200

  Mitsumori, Michihide ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^b   Kodama, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kodama Breast Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Breast cancer; Multivariate analysis; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858067659     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02967167     Document Type: Article

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