Chest wall dose in MammoSite™ breast brachytherapy: Radiobiologic estimations of late complication risk based on dose-volume considerations

Brachytherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 259-263

  Dragun, Anthony E ^a   Aguero, Eric G ^a   Harmon, Joseph F ^a   Harper, Jennifer L ^a   Jenrette, Joseph M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast brachytherapy; Chest wall; Late effects; MammoSite; Rib

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RIB; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SYMPTOM; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBS; RISK FACTORS; THORACIC WALL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 28844508654     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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