A dosimetric comparison of the Contura multilumen balloon breast brachytherapy catheter vs. the single-lumen MammoSite balloon device in patients treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation at a single institution

Brachytherapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Brown, Sheree ^a   McLaughlin, Mark ^a   Pope, Doyle Keith ^a   Haile, Kenneth ^a   Hughes, Lorie ^a   Israel, Philip Z ^b   Lyden, Maureen ^c  

^a WellStar Kennestone Hospital   (United States)

^b Breast Center   (United States)

^c BioStat International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Contura; Partial breast irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTILUMEN BALLOON CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RIB; SINGLE LUMEN BALLOON DEVICE; SKIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CATHETERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN;

EID: 78651430464     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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