Setup variations in locoregional radiotherapy for breast cancer: An electronic portal imaging study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 932, 2005, Pages 742-745

  Truong, P T ^a,b   Berthelet, E ^a,b   Patenaude, V ^a   Bishop, J ^a   Sandwith, B ^a   Moravan, V ^a   Beckham, W ^a,b   Mitchell, T ^a   Olivotto, I A ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL ERROR; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX WALL; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 23744472206     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/11782857     Document Type: Article

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