Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) reduces the dose to the contralateral breast when compared to conventional tangential fields for primary breast irradiation: Initial report

Cancer Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 381-385

  Bhatnagar, Ajay K ^a,b   Brandner, Edward ^a,b   Sonnik, Deborah ^a,b   Wu, Andrew ^a,b   Kalnicki, Shalom ^a,b   Deutsch, Melvin ^a,b   Heron, Dwight E ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Contralateral breast dose; Intensity modulated radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHOTON; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY; SECOND CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15744387129     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130404-200411000-00008     Document Type: Article

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