An improved technique for breast cancer irradiation including the locoregional lymph nodes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1421-1429

  Hurkmans, Coen W ^a   Saarnak, Anne E ^a   Pieters, Bradley R ^a   Borger, Jacques H ^a   Bruinvis, Iaïn A D ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3D dose distribution; Breast irradiation; Cardiac dose; Internal mammary lymph nodes; Treatment technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; PHYSICS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034661750     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00504-6     Document Type: Article

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