The Lateral Decubitus Breast Boost: Description, Rationale, and Efficacy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-103

  Ludwig, Michelle S ^a   McNeese, Marsha D ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a   Perkins, George H ^a   Strom, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Boost; Breast; Electrons; Radiation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; BREAST IRRADIATION; DECUBITUS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; PATIENT POPULATION; RADIATION TOXICITY; SKIN ENTRANCE DOSE; SKIN REACTION; TARGET VOLUMES; TUMOR BED; TUMOR LOCATION;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; SKIN; TARGETS; TOXICITY; TUMORS; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON BEAM; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LATERAL DECUBITUS POSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION FIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN EXFOLIATION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN;

EID: 72049088775     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.053     Document Type: Article

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