Clinical Outcomes and Toxicity of Proton Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 145-154

  Verma, Vivek ^a   Shah, Chirag ^b   Mehta, Minesh P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cardiotoxicity; Dermatitis; Proton radiation therapy; Pulmonary toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ATROPHY; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; DESQUAMATION; EDEMA; EMBASE; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGITIS; FAT NECROSIS; FATIGUE; FIBROSIS; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPHEDEMA; MASTALGIA; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIATION SICKNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; RISK REDUCTION; SEROMA; SKIN ASYMMETRY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN RETRACTION; SKIN TOXICITY; SKINFOLD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELANGIECTASIA; THORAX PAIN; TOMOTHERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; RADIODERMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIODERMATITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961225932     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: 19380666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2016.02.006     Document Type: Review

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