Localising the Tumour Bed in Breast Radiotherapy

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-38

  Coles, C ^a   Yarnold, J ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 73149124274     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.08.014     Document Type: Editorial

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