Improving the dosimetric coverage of interstitial high-dose-rate breast implants

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-43

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

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Breast implants; Breast neoplasms; Lumpectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033961814     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00361-2     Document Type: Article

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