Radiation Therapy with Implanted Cardiac Pacemaker Devices: A Clinical and Dosimetric Analysis of Patients and Proposed Precautions

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-85

  Wadasadawala, T ^a   Pandey, A ^a   Agarwal, J P ^a   Jalali, R ^a   Laskar, S G ^a   Chowdhary, S ^a   Budrukkar, A ^a   Sarin, R ^a   Deshpande, D ^a   Munshi, A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Cardiac pacemaker; Precautions; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251637748     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2010.08.031     Document Type: Article

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