Cardiac dose evaluation for 3Dimensional conformal partial breast irradiation compared with whole breast irradiation

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Gale, Ashley A ^a   Jain, Anudh K ^a   Vallow, Laura A ^a   Serago, Christopher F ^a   Buskirk, Steven J ^a   Heckman, Michael G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

3D conformal external beam irradiation; Cardiac toxicity; Partial breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049104338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v10i1.2868     Document Type: Article

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