Comparison between intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and 3D tangential beams technique used in patients with early-stage breast cancer who received breast-conserving therapy

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 79-86

  Sas Korczyńska, Beata ^a   Śladowska, Anna ^a   Rozwadowska Bogusz, Bozena ^a   Dyczek, Sonia ^a   Lesiak, Jan ^a   Kokoszka, Anna ^a   Korzeniowski, Stanisław ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breast conserving therapy; Early stage breast cancer; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Radiotherapy; Tangential beams technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; ELECTRON; HEART; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL TANGENTIAL BEAM TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77955846638     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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