Individual Positioning: A Comparative Study of Adjuvant Breast Radiotherapy in the Prone Versus Supine Position

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-100

  Varga, Zoltán ^a   Hideghéty, Katalin ^a   Mezo, Tamás ^a   Nikolényi, Alíz ^a   Thurzó, László ^a   Kahán, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conformal radiotherapy; Prone treatment position; Repositioning accuracy; Supine treatment position

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; PRONE TREATMENT POSITION; REPOSITIONING ACCURACY; SUPINE TREATMENT POSITION;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; SKIN;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 68649109610     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.045     Document Type: Article

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