Accelerated partial breast irradiation using interstitial high dose rate 192iridium brachytherapy: Early Australian experience and review of the literature

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-151

  Stevens, M J ^a,b   Cooper, S G ^a   Cross, P ^a   Wang, Y ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT'S CLINIC   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Partial breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RELAPSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; REVIEW;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645326885     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01558.x     Document Type: Review

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