International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 977-982 , 1 November 2000

A cost-outcome analysis of adjuvant postmastectomy locoregional radiotherapy in premenopausal node-positive breast cancer patients

Presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, San Antonio, TX (USA), October 31–November 4, 1999.

  • Peter Dunscombe, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    • University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dr. Peter Dunscombe, Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, 41 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada P3E 5J1
    • ,
  • Rajiv Samant, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
    • University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Gisele Roberts (M.B.A.)

      Affiliations

    • Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

,Accepted 27 April 2000.

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