Intensity-modulated radiotherapy of the female breast

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-90

  Thilmann, Christoph ^a   Zabel, Angelika ^a   Nill, Simeon ^a   Rhein, Bernhard ^a   Hoess, Angelika ^a   Haering, Peter ^a   Milker Zabel, Stefanie ^b   Harms, Wolfgang ^b   Schlegel, Wolfgang ^a   Wannenmacher, Michael ^b   Debus, Juergen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Inverse treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035987862     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(02)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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