Brachytherapy-based partial breast irradiation is associated with low rates of complications and excellent cosmesis

Brachytherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 278-284

  Shah, Chirag ^a,b   Khwaja, Shariq ^a   Badiyan, Shahed ^a   Wilkinson, J Ben ^c   Vicini, Frank A ^d   Beitsch, Peter ^e   Keisch, Martin ^f   Arthur, Douglas ^g   Lyden, Maureen ^h  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

^e Dallas Surgical Group   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Biostat Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Partial breast irradiation; Radiation therapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST IRRADIATION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FAT NECROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROMA; SINGLE LUMEN TUBE; TELANGIECTASIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84879464405     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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