Effect of Delay in Initiating Radiotherapy for Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer

Aims: For early stage breast cancer, a standard treatment option is partial mastectomy followed by radiation treatment. The 5-year risk of local recurrence ranges from 6–9%. Variable waiting times for radiation treatment of breast cancer in our institution provided an opportunity to evaluate the imp...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) 2004-02, Vol.16 (1), p.6-11
Hauptverfasser:	Benk, V, Joseph, L, Fortin, P, Zhang, G, Belisle, P, Levinton, C, Ho, V, Freeman, C.R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - pathology Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy Breast Neoplasms - surgery delay Disease-Free Survival Dose Fractionation Female health services research Humans Mastectomy, Segmental Middle Aged Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Neoplasm Staging outcome Prognosis Radiotherapy Radiotherapy, Adjuvant recurrence Risk Factors Time Factors
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