Assessment and Minimization of Contralateral Breast Dose for Conventional and Intensity Modulated Breast Radiotherapy

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-13

  Burmeister, Jay ^a   Alvarado, Nicole ^a   Way, Sarah ^a   McDermott, Patrick ^a   Bossenberger, Todd ^a   Jaenisch, Harriett ^a   Patel, Rajiv ^a   Washington, Tara ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast IMRT; Breast radiotherapy; Contralateral breast cancer; Contralateral breast dose

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOGRAM; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849207713     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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