Clinical Oncology
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 668-675 , November 2009

Quality of Life after Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation in Early Breast Cancer: Matched Pair Analysis with Protracted Whole Breast Radiotherapy

  • T. Wadasadawala

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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  • A. Budrukkar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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  • S. Chopra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
    • ,
  • R. Badwe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
    • ,
  • R. Hawaldar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Research Secretariat, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
    • ,
  • V. Parmar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
    • ,
  • R. Jalali

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
    • ,
  • R. Sarin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: R. Sarin, Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research & Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 410 210, India. Tel: +91-22-27405035; Fax: +91-22-27405080.

Received 30 January 2009 ,Revised 22 July 2009 ,Accepted 23 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.07.014

Clinical Oncology
Volume 21, Issue 9 , Pages 668-675 , November 2009

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