The prone technique for breast irradiation - is it ready for clinical trials?

Breast

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-34

  McKinnon, Rory ^a   Christie, David ^b   Peres, Helen ^b   Burke, Marie ^b   Le, Thai ^b   Lah, Minjae ^b  

^a Radiation Therapist   (Australia)

^b Premion   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast irradiation; Prone position; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESQUAMATION; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 60049083973     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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