Intraoperative radiation therapy in breast cancer: Not ready for prime time

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 351-353

  Shah, Chirag ^a   Khan, Atif J ^b   Arthur, Douglas ^c   Fernandez, Eduardo ^d   Martinez, Alvaro A ^d   Vicini, Frank ^d  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d 21ST CENTURY ONCOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOSIMETRY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LYMPH VESSEL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BREAST IRRADIATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84896844727     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3291-0     Document Type: Editorial

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