Investigation of Helical Tomotherapy for Partial-Breast Irradiation of Prone-Positioned Patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Kainz, Kristofer ^a   White, Julia ^a   Herman, Joann ^a   Li, X Allen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

IMRT; Megavoltage CT; Partial breast irradiation; Prone breast; Tomotherapy

Indexed keywords

IMRT; MEGAVOLTAGE CT; PARTIAL-BREAST IRRADIATION; PRONE BREAST; TOMOTHERAPY;

PHYSICAL THERAPY; TARGETS;

IRRADIATION;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 64049118515     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.028     Document Type: Article

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