Modulated electron radiotherapy treatment planning using a photon multileaf collimator for post-mastectomized chest walls

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 625-632

  Salguero, Francisco Javier ^a,b   Palma, Bianey ^a,b   Arrans, Rafael ^b   Rosello, Joan ^c   Leal, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Modulated electron radiotherapy; Monte Carlo treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASTECTOMY; MODULATED ELECTRON RADIOTHERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 70449635882     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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