Comparison of contralateral breast dose for various tangential field techniques in clinical radiotherapy

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-138

  Prabhakar, Ramachandran V ^a   Julka, P K ^a   Malik, M ^a   Ganesh, T ^a   Joshi, R C ^a   Sridhar, P S ^a   Rath, G K ^a   Pant, G S ^b   Thulkar, S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Contralateral breast dose; IMRT; Tangential fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34247583247     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460700600210     Document Type: Article

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