Quality assurance in breast cancer brachytherapy: Geographic miss in the interstitial boost treatment of the tumor bed

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1133-1139

  Sedlmayer, Felix ^a   Rahim, Hassan B K ^a   Kogelnik, H Dieter ^a   Menzel, Christian ^a   Merz, Florian ^a   Deutschmann, Heinz ^a   Kranzinger, Manfred ^a  

^a Salzburger Landeskliniken   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boost planning; Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Breast implant; Interstitial implant; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030008071     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02176-0     Document Type: Article

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