Is Proton Therapy a “Pro” for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database

Background: Limited data exists demonstrating the clinical benefit of proton radiotherapy (PRT) in breast cancer. Using the National Cancer Database, we evaluated predictors associated with PRT use for patients with breast cancer. An exploratory analysis also investigates the impact of PRT on overal...

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Autores principales: Chowdhary, Mudit, Lee, Anna, Gao, Sarah, Wang, Dian, Barry, Parul N., Diaz, Roberto, Bagadiya, Neeti R., Park, Henry S., Yu, James B., Wilson, Lynn D., Moran, Meena S., Higgins, Susan A., Knowlton, Christin A., Patel, Kirtesh R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6339938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693271
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2018.00678

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