Repeat Computed Tomography Simulation to Assess Lumpectomy Cavity Volume During Whole-Breast Irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 751-756

  Flannery, Todd W ^a   Nichols, Elizabeth M ^a   Cheston, Sally B ^a   Marter, Kimberley J ^a   Naqvi, Shahid A ^a   Markham, Kristen M ^a   Ali, Imran ^a   Mohiuddin, Majid M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast radiation therapy; Lumpectomy cavity; Repeat CT simulation

Indexed keywords

BREAST LESION; BREAST RADIATION THERAPY; BREAST RADIOTHERAPY; CAVITY VOLUME; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; CT SIMULATION; DECREASE IN VOLUME; LUMPECTOMY CAVITY; PLANNING CT; REPEAT CT SIMULATION; WHOLE-BREAST IRRADIATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY;

LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349560043     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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