Multileaf field-in-field forward-planned intensity-modulated dose compensation for whole-breast irradiation is associated with reduced contralateral breast dose: A phantom model comparison

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 324-328

  Borghero, Yerko O ^a,c   Salehpour, Mohammad ^a   McNeese, Marsha D ^a   Stovall, Marilyn ^b   Smith, Susan A ^b   Johnson, Jennifer ^a   Perkins, George H ^a   Strom, Eric A ^a   Oh, Julia L ^a   Kirsner, Steven M ^a   Woodward, Wendy A ^a   Yu, Tse Kuan ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Contralateral breast irradiation; Dose compensation; Forward planned IMRT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33847689786     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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