Dosimetry around metallic ports in tissue expanders in patients receiving postmastectomy radiation therapy: An ex vivo evaluation

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-54

  Moni, Janaki ^a   Graves Ditman, Maria ^a   Cederna, Paul ^a   Griffith, Kent ^a   Krueger, Editha A ^a   Fraass, Benedick A ^a   Pierce, Lori J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Metallic port; Postmastectomy radiotherapy; Tissue expanders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILM; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; METALS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TISSUE EXPANDERS;

EID: 1542501651     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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