Dose-volume analysis for quality assurance of interstitial brachytherapy for breast cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 803-810

  Vicini, Frank A ^a   Kestin, Larry L ^a   Edmundson, Gregory K ^a   Jaffray, David A ^a   Wong, John W ^a   Kini, Vijay R ^a   Chen, Peter Y ^a   Martinez, Alvaro A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Breast neoplasms; Breast conserving therapy; Combined modality therapy; Interstitial brachytherapy; Lumpectomy; Mammary neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Segmental mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PHYSICS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 0032880130     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00174-1     Document Type: Article

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