International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 967-975 , 1 November 2000

Radiotherapy of the chest wall following mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer: impact on local recurrence and overall survival

  • Wolfgang Janni, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • I. Frauenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet, Maistr. 11, D- 80337 Muenchen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Dr. Wolfgang Janni, I. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum Innenstadt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Maistr. 11, 80337, Munich, Germany
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  • Thomas Dimpfl, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • I. Frauenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet, Maistr. 11, D- 80337 Muenchen, Germany
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  • Stephan Braun, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • I. Frauenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet, Maistr. 11, D- 80337 Muenchen, Germany
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  • Angelika Knobbe, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • I. Frauenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet, Maistr. 11, D- 80337 Muenchen, Germany
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  • Ursula Peschers, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • I. Frauenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet, Maistr. 11, D- 80337 Muenchen, Germany
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  • Dorothea Rjosk, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • I. Frauenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet, Maistr. 11, D- 80337 Muenchen, Germany
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  • Bjoern Lampe, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • I. Frauenklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtitaet, Maistr. 11, D- 80337 Muenchen, Germany
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  • Thomas Genz, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Kreiskrankenhaus Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany

,Accepted 6 June 2000.

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☆ Supported by a grant from the Friedrich-Baur Stiftung, Muenchen, Germany.

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