Verification of set-up deviations in patients with breast cancer using portal imaging in clinical practice

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 36-39

  Böhmer, Dirk ^b   Feyer, Petra ^c   Harder, Christian ^c   Körner, Manfred ^c   Sternemann, Maria ^c   Dinges, Stefan ^c   Budach, Volker ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Univerversitätsklinikum Münster   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Electronic Portal Imaging; Immobilisation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; SAFETY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031717227     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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