Breast radiotherapy in women with pectus excavatum (funnel chest): Is the lateral decubitus technique an answer? A dosimetric study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 946, 2006, Pages 785-790

  Bollet, Marc A ^a   Campana, F ^a   Kirova, Y M ^a   Dendale, R ^a   Saliou, M G ^a   Rosenwald, J C ^a   Fourquet, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKIN TOXICITY; SUPINE POSITION; THICKNESS; TREATMENT INDICATION; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33750094127     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/23839243     Document Type: Article

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