Radiation-induced sarcoma of the breast: A systematic review

Oncologist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 405-418

  Sheth, Grishma R ^a,b   Cranmer, Lee D ^b,c   Smith, Benjamin D ^d   Grasso LeBeau, Lauren ^a   Lang, Julie E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Division of Hematology Oncology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Breast cancer; Radiation induced; Radiotherapy; Sarcoma; Second primary malignancy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE;

BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PUBMED; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SARCOMA;

EID: 84859417304     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0282     Document Type: Review

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