Sonographic guidance for electron boost planning after breast-conserving surgery

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 333-337

  Warszawski, Antje ^a   Baumann, Rolf ^a   Karstens, Johann H ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Electron boost; Radiotherapy; Radiotherapy planning; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENOPAUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 4043130955     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20050     Document Type: Article

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