International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 984-990 , 15 March 2010

True Local Recurrence Rate in the Conserved Breast After Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Targeted Radiotherapy

  • Elisabeth Whipp, F.R.C.R.

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    • University Bristol Hospitals Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Elisabeth Whipp, FRCR, University Bristol Hospitals Trust, Marlborough Street, Bristol BS1 3NU, United Kingdom. Tel: (+44) 1179282417; Fax (+44) 1179734211
    • ,
  • Mark Beresford, F.R.C.R.

      Affiliations

    • University Bristol Hospitals Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Elinor Sawyer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Guys, Kings, St Thomas' Cancer Centre/Molecular and Population Genetics Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Michael Halliwell, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Bristol Hospitals Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

Received 2 December 2008 ,Revised 24 February 2009 ,Accepted 3 March 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00462-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.03.026

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 4 , Pages 984-990 , 15 March 2010

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