A Dosimetric Comparison of Electronic Compensation, Conventional Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy, and Tomotherapy in Patients With Early-Stage Carcinoma of the Left Breast

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1505-1511

  Caudell, Jimmy J ^a   De Los Santos, Jennifer F ^a   Keene, Kimberly S ^a   Fiveash, John B ^a   Wang, Wenquan ^a   Carlisle, Janice D ^a   Popple, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Intensity modulation; Radiation therapy; Tomotherapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

BREAST CANCER; INTENSITY MODULATION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EARLY CANCER; ELECTRONIC TISSUE COMPENSATION; HEART; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; LUNG; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TARGET VARIABLE; TOMOTHERAY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 34547395878     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.026     Document Type: Article

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