Use of the prone position in radiation treatment for women with early stage breast cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1137-1140

  Algan, Özer ^a   Fowble, Barbara ^a   McNeeley, Shawn ^a   Fein, Douglas ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prone treatment position; Radiotherapy; Treatment techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION;

EID: 0032521247     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00939-5     Document Type: Article

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