Investigation of Accelerated Partial Breast Patient Alignment and Treatment With Helical Tomotherapy Unit

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1272-1280

  Langen, Katja M ^a   Buchholz, Daniel J ^a   Burch, Doug R ^a   Burkavage, Rob ^a   Limaye, Arti U ^a   Meeks, Sanford L ^a   Kupelian, Patrick A ^a   Ruchala, Kenneth J ^b   Haimerl, Jason ^b   Henderson, Doug ^b   Olivera, Gustavo H ^b,c  

^a M D ANDERSON CANCER CENTER ORLANDO   (United States)

^b TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Helical tomotherapy; Patient alignment

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; OPTIMIZERS; PATIENT ALIGNMENT;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SEROMA; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 39749119279     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.019     Document Type: Article

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