Estimating Cardiac Exposure From Breast Cancer Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1061-1068

  Taylor, C W ^a   McGale, P ^a   Povall, J M ^b   Thomas, E ^b   Kumar, S ^b   Dodwell, D ^b   Darby, S C ^a  

^a CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer radiotherapy; Contemporary radiotherapy; Coronary artery; Long term effects; Maximum heart distance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY;

BREAST CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTEMPORARY RADIOTHERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MAXIMUM HEART DISTANCE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PHYSICS; STERNUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 61349120710     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.05.066     Document Type: Article

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