Dose-position and dose-volume histogram analysis of standard wedged and intensity modulated treatments in breast radiotherapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 900, 2002, Pages 967-973

  Donovan, E M ^a   Bleackley, N J ^a   Evans, P M ^a   Reise, S F ^a   Yarnold, J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; MODULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036969490     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.75.900.750967     Document Type: Article

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