Customized Computed Tomography-Based Boost Volumes in Breast-Conserving Therapy: Use of Three-Dimensional Histologic Information for Clinical Target Volume Margins

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 757-763

  Hanbeukers, Bianca ^a   Borger, Jacques ^a,b   van den Ende, Piet ^a,b   van der Ent, Fred ^c   Houben, Ruud ^a   Jager, Jos ^a,b   Keymeulen, Kristien ^b   Murrer, Lars ^a,b   Sastrowijoto, Suprapto ^c   van de Vijver, Koen ^b   Boersma, Liesbeth ^a,b  

^a MAASTRO CLINIC   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Boost irradiation; Boost volumes; Breast conserving therapy; Resection margins; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

BOOST IRRADIATION; BOOST VOLUMES; BREAST-CONSERVING THERAPY; RESECTION MARGINS; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE REGISTRATION; IRRADIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TARGETS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 70349556448     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.048     Document Type: Article

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