Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 305-309 , October 2008

Incidence and prognostic factors for seroma development after MammoSite breast brachytherapy

  • John M. Watkins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • Jennifer L. Harper

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • Anthony E. Dragun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • Michael S. Ashenafi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • Debajyoti Sinha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Biometrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • Jun Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • David J. Cole

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • ,
  • Joseph M. Jenrette III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, 169 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425. Tel.: +1-843-792-3271; fax: +1-843-792-5498.

Received 25 July 2007 ,Revised 29 May 2008 ,Accepted 21 July 2008.

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 Conflicts of interest notification: No actual or potential conflicts of interest exist for the contributors to this manuscript.

 Conflicts of interest: Watkins (None), Harper (none), Dragun (none), Li (none), Ashenafi (none), Sinha (none), Cole (none), Jenrette (none).

PII: S1538-4721(08)00597-7

doi: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.07.001

Brachytherapy
Volume 7, Issue 4 , Pages 305-309 , October 2008

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