Intensity-modulated radiotherapy of breast cancer using direct aperture optimization

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-169

  van Asselen, Bram ^a   Schwarz, Marco ^a   van Vliet Vroegindeweij, Corine ^a   Lebesque, Joos V ^a   Mijnheer, Ben J ^a   Damen, Eugene M F ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast; Direct aperture optimisation; IMRT; Step and shoot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 33744993654     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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