TARGIT-E(lderly)-Prospective phase II study of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) in elderly patients with small breast cancer

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Neumaier, Christian ^a   Elena, Sperk ^a   Grit, Welzel ^a   Yasser, Abo Madyan ^a,b   Uta, Kraus Tiefenbacher ^a   Anke, Keller ^a   Axel, Gerhardt ^a   Marc, Sütterlin ^a   Frederik, Wenz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG EFFICACY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860615113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-171     Document Type: Article

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