The potential use of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) in women with pectus excavatum desiring breast-conserving therapy

Breast Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 233-239

  Teh, Bin S ^a   Lu, Hsin H ^a,b   Sobremonte, Sheila ^a   Bellezza, David ^a   Chiu, Joseph K ^a   Carpenter, L Steve ^a   Dennis, W Sam ^a   Woo, Shiao Y ^a   Butler, E Brian ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conserving therapy; Early stage breast cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Pectus excavatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034797671     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2001.20036.x     Document Type: Article

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