What is a large breast? Measuring and categorizing breast size for tangential breast radiation therapy

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 589-593

  Dundas, K L ^a,b,c   Atyeo, J ^b   Cox, J ^b  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast size; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 35448999746     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01898.x     Document Type: Article

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