Absorbed dose evaluation of thyroid during nasopharynx and breast carcinoma irradiation by in vivo dosimetry;Dosimétrie in vivo pour évaluer la dose reçue par la thyroïde en radiothérapie des cancers du cavum et du sein

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 297-301

  Besbes, M ^a   Siala, W ^b   Daoud, J ^b  

^a SALAH AZAIEZ INSTITUTE   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; In vivo dosimetry; Nasopharynx carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THYROID DISEASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142088967     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1278-3218(03)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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