Prone breast irradiation for pendulous breasts

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-340

  Buijsen, Jeroen ^a   Jager, Jos J ^a   Bovendeerd, Janneke ^a   Voncken, Robert ^a   Borger, Jacques H ^a   Boersma, Liesbeth J ^a   Murrer, Lars H P ^a   Lambin, Philippe ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Pendulous breast; Prone position; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PRONE POSITION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33847421701     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.08.014     Document Type: Article

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