International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 679-684 , 1 March 2010

Clinicopathologic Significance of Excision Repair Cross-Complementation 1 Expression in Patients Treated With Breast-Conserving Surgery and Radiation Therapy

  • Sharad Goyal, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Sharad Goyal, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Tel: (732) 253-3929; Fax: (732) 235-7493
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  • Rahul R. Parikh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
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  • Camille Green, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
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  • Devora Schiff, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
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  • Meena S. Moran, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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  • Qifeng Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
    • Department of Breast Surgery, Qilu Hospital/Shandong University, People's Republic of China
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  • Bruce G. Haffty, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ

Received 12 December 2008 ,Revised 18 February 2009 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00348-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.050

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 3 , Pages 679-684 , 1 March 2010