Cardiac Dose From Tangential Breast Cancer Radiotherapy in the Year 2006

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 501-507

  Taylor, Carolyn W ^a   Povall, Julie M ^b   McGale, Paul ^a   Nisbet, Andrew ^c   Dodwell, David ^b   Smith, Jonathan T ^b   Darby, Sarah C ^a  

^a CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b Northern and Yorkshire Clinical Trials and Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast radiotherapy; contemporary radiotherapy; coronary artery; heart disease; long term effects

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREAST RADIOTHERAPY; CONTEMPORARY RADIOTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART DISEASE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51449120252     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.12.058     Document Type: Article

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