Potential role of intensity-modulated photons and protons in the treatment of the breast and regional nodes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 785-792

  Lomax, Antony J ^a   Cella, Laura ^b   Weber, Damien ^b   Kurtz, John M ^b   Miralbell, Raymond ^b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Proton therapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; PROTONS; TUMORS; X RAYS;

BREAST CANCER; LOCOREGIONAL TREATMENT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; LUNG; LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037358292     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04210-4     Document Type: Article

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