International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 79, Issue 5 , Pages 1460-1466 , 1 April 2011

Mometasone Furoate Effect on Acute Skin Toxicity in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Radiotherapy: A Phase III Double-Blind, Randomized Trial From the North Central Cancer Treatment Group N06C4

Presented as a late-breaking abstract at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Boston, MA, September 22, 2008.

  • Robert C. Miller, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Robert C. Miller, M.D., M.S., Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905
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  • David J. Schwartz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Minneapolis Radiation Oncology, P.A., Minneapolis, MN
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  • Jeff A. Sloan, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Patricia C. Griffin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Upstate Carolina Community Clinic Oncology Program, Spartanburg, SC
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  • Richard L. Deming, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Iowa Oncology Research Association Community Clinic Oncology Program, Des Moines, Iowa
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  • Jon C. Anders, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Wichita Community Clinical Oncology Program, Wichita, KS
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  • Thomas J. Stoffel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cedar Rapids Oncology Project Community Clinic Oncology Program, Cedar Rapids, IA
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  • Robert E. Haselow, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Metro-Minnesota Community Clinical Oncology Program, St. Louis Park, MN
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  • Paul L. Schaefer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program Community Clinic Oncology Program, Toledo, OH
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  • James D. Bearden III, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Upstate Carolina Community Clinic Oncology Program, Spartanburg, SC
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  • Pamela J. Atherton, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • Charles L. Loprinzi, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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  • James A. Martenson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Received 11 September 2009 ,Revised 19 November 2009 ,Accepted 2 January 2010.

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 Conducted as a collaborative trial of the North Central Cancer Treatment Group and Mayo Clinic and supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health Grant CA 124477 (principal investigator, Charles Loprinzi, M.D.).

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S0360-3016(10)00131-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.01.031

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 79, Issue 5 , Pages 1460-1466 , 1 April 2011

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