Regional recurrence after adjuvant breast cancer radiotherapy is not due to insufficient target coverage

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-2

  Nielsen, Hanne Melgaard ^a   Offersen, Birgitte Vrou ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHEDEMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING SYSTEM; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 84925235418     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.12.012     Document Type: Editorial

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