IMRT for breast. A planning study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-310

  Fogliata, A ^a   Nicolini, G ^a   Alber, M ^b   Asell, M ^c   Dobler, B ^d   El Haddad, M ^d,h   Hardemark B ^k   Jelen, U ^j   Kania, A ^e   Larsson, M ^k   Lohr, F ^d   Munger, T ^f   Negri, E ^g   Rodrigues, C ⁱ   Cozzi, L ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^d Department of Statistics   (Germany)

^e North American Scientifics Corporation   (United States)

^f CMS   (Germany)

^g Department of Urology   (Italy)

^h CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁱ PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^j AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^k RaySearch Laboratories   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Breast cancer; IMRT; Planning comparison

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GEOMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 25844454135     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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