Accelerated partial irradiation for breast cancer: Systematic review and meta-analysis of 8653 women in eight randomized trials

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 42-49

  Marta, Gustavo Nader ^a,b   Macedo, Cristiane Rufino ^c   Carvalho, Heloisa De Andrade ^a,b   Hanna, Samir Abdallah ^a   Da Silva, João Luis Fernandes ^a   Riera, Rachel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Whole breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; WHOLE BREAST IRRADIATION; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROCEDURES; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925218010     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.11.014     Document Type: Review

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