Multiinstitutional study on target volume delineation variation in breast radiotherapy in the presence of guidelines

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 286-291

  van Mourik, Anke M ^a   Elkhuizen, Paula H M ^a   Minkema, Danny ^a   Duppen, Joop C ^a   van Vliet Vroegindeweij, Corine ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clips; Delineation; Guidelines; Interobserver variation; Partial breast

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 77949295139     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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