Normal tissue complication probability of fibrosis in radiotherapy of breast cancer: Accelerated partial breast irradiation vs conventional external-beam radiotherapy

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Jothy Basu, K S ^a   Bahl, Amit ^a   Subramani, V ^a   Sharma, D N ^a   Rath, G K ^a   Julka, P K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE ROTARY CANCER HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Breast; Normal tissue complication probability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FIBROSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIATION DOSE;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 53749088612     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.43143     Document Type: Article

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