Interfractional dose variation due to seromas in radiotherapy of breast cancer

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-11

  Huh, Seung Jae ^a,b   Han, Youngyih ^a   Park, Won ^a   Yang, Jung Hyun ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Inhomogeneity; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEROMA;

EID: 14644425317     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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