Accelerated partial breast irradiation with intracavitary balloon brachytherapy may be not as simple as it was supposed to be

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-149

  Limbergen, Erik Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON BRACHYTHERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON THERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 65449137011     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.04.012     Document Type: Editorial

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