Accelerated partial-breast irradiation: Trial by media or by science?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1075-1077

  Cuttino, Laurie W ^a   White, Julia R ^b   Rabinovitch, Rachel ^c   Gewirtz, David A ^a   Anscher, Mitchell S ^a   Wazer, David E ^d,e   Vicini, Frank A ^f   Julian, Thomas B ^g   Arthur, Douglas W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^g DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICARE; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862666898     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.02.059     Document Type: Editorial

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