Thermoluminescence dosimetry for skin dose assessment during intraoperative radiotherapy for early breast cancer

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-214

  Fogg, P ^a,b   Das, K R ^a   Kron, T ^a   Fox, C ^a   Chua, B ^a   Hagekyriakou, J ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Premion   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast skin dose; Intrabeam; TLD

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; EARLY BREAST CANCER; IN-VIVO; INTRABEAM; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LIF:MG , TI; SKIN DOSE; SKIN TOXICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TLD;

APPLICATORS; DOSIMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 77958124606     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-010-0019-3     Document Type: Article

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