Dosimetric comparison of field in field intensity-modulated radiotherapy technique with conformal radiotherapy techniques in breast cancer

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-289

  Ercan, Tülay ^a   İğdem, Şefik ^b   Alço, Gül ^a   Zengin, Funda ^a   Atilla, Selin ^a   Dinçer, Maktav ^a   Okkan, Sait ^b  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL BILIM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast radiotherapy; Field in field; IMRT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 77955478323     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-010-0423-3     Document Type: Article

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