Surgical clips in planning the electron boost in breast cancer: A qualitative and quantitative evaluation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 579-584

  Harrington, Kevin J ^a   Harrison, Mark ^a   Bayle, Patricia ^a   Evans, Kate ^a   Dunn, Peter A ^a   Lambert, Hannah E ^a   Saidan, Zuhair ^a   Lynn, John ^a   Stewart, J Simon W ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast electron boost; Geographical miss; Surgical clips; Tumor bed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIP; ELECTRON RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SCAR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030053041     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02090-X     Document Type: Article

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