An imrt technique to increase therapeutic ratio of breast irradiation in patients with early-stage left breast cancer: limiting second malignancies

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Ahmed, Raef S ^a   De Los Santos, Jennifer F ^a   Fiveash, John B ^a   Keene, Kimberly S ^a   Popple, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; IMRT; Radiation therapy; Second malignancies; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RISK REDUCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849182217     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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