{A figure is presented}Treatment Optimization Using Computed Tomography-Delineated Targets Should be Used for Supraclavicular Irradiation for Breast Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 711-715

  Liengsawangwong, Raweewan ^a   Yu, Tse Kuan ^a   Sun, Tzouh Liang ^a   Erasmus, Jeremy J ^a   Perkins, George H ^a   Tereffe, Welela ^a   Oh, Julia L ^a   Woodward, Wendy A ^a   Strom, Eric A ^a   Salephour, Mohammad ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Axillary; Computed tomography; Lymph node; Supraclavicular; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

DOSE PRESCRIPTION; LYMPH NODE; SUPRACLAVICULAR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; CLAVICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY;

AXILLA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548681644     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.05.075     Document Type: Article

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