Optimizing breast cancer treatment efficacy with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1336-1344

  Vicini, Frank A ^a   Sharpe, Michael ^a   Kestin, Larry ^a   Martinez, Alvaro ^a   Mitchell, Christina K ^a   Wallace, Michelle F ^a   Matter, Richard ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

TANGENTIAL FIELDS;

ONCOLOGY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SKIN TOXICITY; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036890712     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03746-X     Document Type: Article

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