Dose distributions through the supraclavicular-axillary region of patients undergoing breast cancer treatment

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-137

  Saw, Cheng B ^a,b   Darnell, Brenda ^a   Korb, Leroy J ^a   Frich, John C ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dosimetry; Photon beams; Radiation therapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUPINE POSITION;

AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0030226145     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0958-3947(96)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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