A retrospective study of breast cancer patients treated with quadrantectomy without radiation therapy

Breast Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-116

  Shin, Eisei ^a   Takatsuka, Yuichi ^b   Okamura, Yasuhiko ^c   Takeda, Masashi ^d   Kobayashi, Tetsuro ^a   Nishisho, Isamu ^a   Kawahara, Kunimitsu ^a   Kurata, Akihiko ^a   Kikkawa, Nobuteru ^a  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Torigata Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast conserving surgery; Local recurrence; Quadrantectomy; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863230539     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02966916     Document Type: Article

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