Intraoperative radiotherapy of early breast cancer using low-kilovoltage X-rays-reasons for omission of planned intraoperative irradiation

Breast Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 325-328

  Tuschy, Benjamin ^a   Berlit, Sebastian ^a   Nasterlack, Christiane ^a   Tomé, Karin ^a   Blank, Elena ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a   Sütterlin, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

breast cancer; breast conserving surgery; intraoperative radiotherapy; omission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREAST CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY; SURGICAL WOUND; TUMOR VOLUME; X RAY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; X-RAY THERAPY;

EID: 84876810147     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12103     Document Type: Article

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