Evaluation of adjuvant radiation and endocrine therapy in elderly patients with early-stage breast cancer
Sung Jun Ma MD
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBrian Yu BSc
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorOluwadamilola T. Oladeru MD, MA
Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAustin J. Bartl BSc
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMark Farrugia MD, PhD
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFatemeh Fekrmandi MD, MSc
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Anurag K. Singh MD
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Correspondence
Anurag K. Singh, MD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, 665 Elm Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorSung Jun Ma MD
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorBrian Yu BSc
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorOluwadamilola T. Oladeru MD, MA
Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAustin J. Bartl BSc
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorMark Farrugia MD, PhD
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Search for more papers by this authorFatemeh Fekrmandi MD, MSc
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
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Anurag K. Singh MD
Department of Radiation Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA
Correspondence
Anurag K. Singh, MD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, 665 Elm Street, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorSung Jun Ma and Brian Yu contributed equally to this work.
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