Whole-breast radiation therapy: The long and short of it

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 990-992

  Mowery, Yvonne M ^a   Blitzblau, Rachel C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; TUMOR INVASION; WHOLE BREAST RADIATION THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS;

EID: 84920033284     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.10.028     Document Type: Editorial

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