Variability of Target and Normal Structure Delineation for Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: An RTOG Multi-Institutional and Multiobserver Study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 944-951

  Li, X Allen ^a   Tai, An ^a   Arthur, Douglas W ^b   Buchholz, Thomas A ^c   Macdonald, Shannon ^d   Marks, Lawrence B ^e   Moran, Jean M ^f   Pierce, Lori J ^f   Rabinovitch, Rachel ^g   Taghian, Alphonse ^d   Vicini, Frank ^h   Woodward, Wendy ^c   White, Julia R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast delineation; Breast radiotherapy; Breast treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICS;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST DELINEATION; BREAST IRRADIATIONS; BREAST RADIOTHERAPY; BREAST TREATMENT PLANNING; CENTERS OF MASS; CHEST WALLS; CT IMAGES; DOSIMETRIC IMPACTS; DOSIMETRIC PLANNING; IMAGE-GUIDED; INTERNAL MAMMARY NODES; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; SETUP UNCERTAINTIES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TARGET DELINEATIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUME VARIATIONS;

TARGETS;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DOSIMETRY; HEART; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LUNG; ORGAN SIZE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET ORGAN; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 59649104440     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.034     Document Type: Article

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