Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation

It has been long established that post-mastectomy radiotherapy reduces the risk of locoregional failure. A survival advantage, however, has only recently been demonstrated. We here provide a review of the literature as regards to the current indications for post-mastectomy radiotherapy.

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Autores principales: Vilarino-Varela, Maria, Chin, Yaw Sinn, Makris, Andreas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647547/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19203387
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-6-5
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Chin, Yaw Sinn
Makris, Andreas
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spelling pubmed-26475472009-02-25 Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation Vilarino-Varela, Maria Chin, Yaw Sinn Makris, Andreas Int Semin Surg Oncol Review It has been long established that post-mastectomy radiotherapy reduces the risk of locoregional failure. A survival advantage, however, has only recently been demonstrated. We here provide a review of the literature as regards to the current indications for post-mastectomy radiotherapy. BioMed Central 2009-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2647547/ /pubmed/19203387 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-6-5 Text en Copyright © 2009 Vilarino-Varela et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chin, Yaw Sinn
Makris, Andreas
Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation
title Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation
title_full Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation
title_fullStr Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation
title_full_unstemmed Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation
title_short Current indications for post-mastectomy radiation
title_sort current indications for post-mastectomy radiation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647547/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7800-6-5
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