Variability Among Breast Radiation Oncologists in Delineation of the Postsurgical Lumpectomy Cavity

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1299-1308

  Landis, Daniel M ^a,b   Luo, Weixiu ^c   Song, Jun ^a   Bellon, Jennifer R ^a   Punglia, Rinaa S ^a   Wong, Julia S ^a   Killoran, Joseph H ^a   Gelman, Rebecca ^c   Harris, Jay R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interobserver variability; Partial breast irradiation; Radiation therapy target definition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

INTEROBSERVER VARIABILITY; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION (PBI); RADIATION THERAPY TARGET DEFINITION;

ONCOLOGY;

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947542699     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.11.026     Document Type: Article

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