External-beam accelerated partial-breast irradiation: Exploring the limits of tolerability

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 4029-4031

  Jagsi, Reshma ^a   Haffty, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; DNA REPAIR; EDEMA; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MEDICARE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; BREAST TUMOR; METHODOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 84891670020     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.1717     Document Type: Editorial

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