Technique alternatives for breast radiation oncology: Conventional radiation therapy to tomotherapy

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-152

  Fournier Bidoz, N ^a   Kirova, Y ^a   Campana, F ^a   El Barouky, J ^a   Zefkili, S ^a   Dendale, R ^a   Bollet, M ^a   Mazal, A ^a   Fourquet, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Breast; Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIELD IN FIELD TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 68849103954     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: 19983913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.54849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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