Comparison of photon with electron boost in treatment of early stage breast cancer

Pathology and Oncology Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-197

  Kovacs, Arpad ^a   Hadjiev, Janaki ^a   Lakosi, Ferenc ^a   Glavak, Csaba ^a   Antal, Gergely ^a   Bogner, Peter ^a   Horvath, Akos ^b   Repa, Imre ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Boost; Breast cancer; Electron; Photon; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58549108608     PISSN: 12194956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12253-008-9015-2     Document Type: Article

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