Postoperative Proton Radiotherapy for Localized and Locoregional Breast Cancer: Potential for Clinically Relevant Improvements?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 685-697

  Ares, Carmen ^a   Khan, Shaka ^b   MacArtain, Anne M ^a   Heuberger, Jürg ^b   Goitein, Gudrun ^a   Gruber, Guenther ^b   Lutters, Gerd ^b   Hug, Eugen B ^a   Bodis, Stephan ^b   Lomax, Antony J ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D CRT; Breast cancer; IMRT; Proton therapy; Spot scanning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CHEST WALL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DOSE REDUCTION; IMRT; INTEGRAL DOSE; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LOW DOSE; ORGANS AT RISKS; PHOTON RADIOTHERAPY; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; POTENTIAL REDUCTION; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; TARGET COVERAGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY (3D-CRT);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOWCHARTING; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IRRADIATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TARGETS; TOXICITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX WALL; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 76049090277     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.02.062     Document Type: Article

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