TARGIT-E(lderly)—Prospective phase II study of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) in elderly patients with small breast cancer
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients ≥ 70 years with small, low-risk breast cancer who are operated but not irradiated how local relapse rates around 4% after 4 years. With adjuvant whole breast radiotherapy (WBRT) the local relapse rate drops to 1% after 4 yea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-05-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/171 |