Hypofractionation in post-mastectomy breast cancer patients: Seven-year follow-up

Medical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2570-2576

  Eldeeb, Hany ^a   Awad, Iman ^a   Elhanafy, Osman ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fractionation; Mastectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARM EDEMA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84867990186     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-012-0192-1     Document Type: Article

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