Impact of adjuvant radiation therapy photon energy on quality of life after breast conservation therapy: Linear accelerator versus the cobalt machine

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-366

  Munshi, Anusheel ^a   Dutta, Debnarayan ^a   Budrukkar, Ashwini ^a   Jalali, Rakesh ^a   Sarin, Rajiv ^a   Gupta, Sudeep ^a   Ghosh, Jaya ^a   Bajpai, Jyoti ^a   Parmar, Vani ^a   Nair, Nita ^a   Badwe, Rajendra ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Linear accelerator; Quality of life; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COBALT THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHOTON THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 84873347080     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.103513     Document Type: Article

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