International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 1320-1327 , 1 December 2006

Regional nodal recurrence in breast cancer patients treated with conservative surgery and radiation therapy (BCS+RT)

  • Sunanda Pejavar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • Lynn D. Wilson, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
    • ,
  • Bruce G. Haffty, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Bruce G. Haffty, M.D., Robert Wood Johnson Medical School-UMDNJ, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Tel: (732) 235-5203; Fax: (732) 235-7493

Received 22 June 2006 ,Revised 22 July 2006 ,Accepted 25 July 2006.

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PII: S0360-3016(06)02748-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1379

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 1320-1327 , 1 December 2006

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