Performance evaluation of field-in-field technique for tangential breast irradiation

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-163

  Lee, Jeong Woo ^a,b   Hong, Semie ^a   Choi, Kyoung Sik ^c   Kim, Yon Lae ^a   Park, Byung Moon ^a   Chung, Jin Beom ^b,d   Lee, Doo Hyun ^b,e   Suh, Tae Suk ^b  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast irradiation; Dose compensation; Field in field technique; PTV Dose Improvement Index (PDI index)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 40349108280     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym167     Document Type: Article

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