High-dose radiotherapy exposure to cardiac pacemakers may be safe in selected patients

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-134

  Zaremba, Tomas ^a   Thøgersen, Anna Margrethe ^a   Eschen, Ole ^a   Hjortshøj, Søren Pihlkjær ^a   Jakobsen, Annette Ross ^b   Riahi, Sam ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Cancer and Diagnostics Centre ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemaker; Device malfunction; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

METAL OXIDE;

BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEART PACING; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; LETTER; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RESUSCITATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SINUS NODE;

HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 77950457900     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.02.018     Document Type: Letter

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