Brachytherapy vs whole-breast irradiation for breast cancer

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 567-

  Khan, Atif J ^a   Vicini, Frank A ^b   Arthur, Doug ^c  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHOLE BREAST IRRADIATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT INDICATION; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; NOTE; STATISTICS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 84864863468     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.8486     Document Type: Letter

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