Cardiac doses from Swedish breast cancer radiotherapy since the 1950s

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-135

  Taylor, Carolyn W ^a   Nisbet, Andrew ^b   McGale, Paul ^a   Goldman, Ulla ^c   Darby, Sarah C ^a   Hall, Per ^d   Gagliardi, Giovanna ^c  

^a CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer radiotherapy; Long term effects; Radiation induced heart disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED HEART DISEASE; SWEDEN; VIRTUAL REALITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REGISTRIES; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149242739     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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