Contralateral breast dose from chest wall and breast irradiation: Local experience

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Alzoubi, A S ^a   Kandaiya, S ^b   Shukri, A ^b   Elsherbieny, E ^c  

^a ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast radiotherapy; Contralateral breast dose; Thermoluminescent dosimeter

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; BREAST IRRADIATION; BREAST RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER INDUCTION; CHEST WALL; CONTRALATERAL BREAST; PENCIL BEAM ALGORITHMS; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SECOND CANCER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RISK FACTORS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 77958126626     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-010-0011-y     Document Type: Article

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