Post-mastectomy radiotherapy in Denmark: From 2D to 3D treatment planning guidelines of The Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 654-661

  Thomsen, Mette S ^a   Berg, Martin ^b   Nielsen, Hanne M ^a   Pedersen, Aanders N ^c   Overgaard, Marie ^a   Ewertz, Marianne ^d   Block, Thomas ^e   Brodersen, Hans J ^e   Caldera, Claudio ^d   Jakobsen, Erik ^b   Kamby, Claus ^f   Kjær Kristoffersen, Flemming ^c   Klitgaard, Dorte ^f   Nielsen, Mette M ^g   Stenbygaard, Lars ^d   Zimmermann, Sune J ^g   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c FINSEN LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e St Franziskus Hospital Flensburg   (Germany)

^f Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^g ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; HEART; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG; MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 45149106936     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860801975000     Document Type: Article

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