Radiation dose to conceptus resulting from tangential breast irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 386-391

  Mazonakis, Michael ^a   Varveris, Haris ^b   Damilakis, John ^b   Theoharopoulos, Nikos ^b   Gourtsoyiannis, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IRAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conceptus dose; Pregnancy; Tangential irradiation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; TUMORS; X RAYS;

DOSE RANGES;

IRRADIATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 0037298409     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04206-2     Document Type: Article

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