What is the optimum breast plan: A study based on the START trial plans

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 945, 2006, Pages 734-739

  Venables, Karen ^a   Miles, Elizabeth A ^a   Aird, Edwin G A ^a   Hoskin, Peter J ^a   Barrett, Jane ^b   Barrett Lee, Peter ^b   Bliss, Judith ^b   Brown, Jackie ^b   Dewar, John ^b   Dobbs, Jane ^b   Haviland, Jo ^b   Hopwood, Penny ^b   Lawton, Pat ^b   Magee, Brian ^b   Morgan, David ^b   Owen, Roger ^b   Parkin, Eileen ^b   Pritchard, Joyce ^b   Speechely, Val ^b   Spooner, David ^b   Sydenham, Mark ^b   Yarnold, John ^b   more..

^a MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT POSITIONING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIATION SCATTERING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 33748461009     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/80814021     Document Type: Article

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