Is it time to use protons for breast cancer?

Cancer Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-86

  MacDonald, Shannon M ^a   Taghian, Alphonse G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN TOXICITY; BODY POSTURE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN; VACUUM;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PRONE POSITION; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SKIN; VACUUM;

EID: 34347256766     PISSN: 15289117     EISSN: 1540336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PPO.0b013e318053cdb0     Document Type: Note

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