Three-year clinical outcome using the Contura multilumen balloon breast brachytherapy catheter to deliver accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI): Improving radiation standards for the optimal application of APBI

Brachytherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 316-321

  Israel, Philip Z ^a   Robbins, Angela ^a   Shroff, Paulomi ^a   Brown, Sheree ^b   McLaughlin, Mark ^b   Pope, Keith ^b  

^a Breast Center   (United States)

^b WellStar Kennestone Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Contura MLB; MammoSite; Partial breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; COSMETIC; LETROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN;

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON BREAST BRACHYTHERAPY; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862569583     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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