Heart, coronaries and breast cancer radiotherapy

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-197

  Kirova, Youlia M ^a   de Almeida, Carlos Eduardo ^a,b   Canary, Paulo C ^b   Kuroki, Yugiro ^b   Massabeau, Carole ^a   Fournier Bidoz, Nathalie ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast conservative surgery and radiotherapy; Heart; Images; Prevention; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 79952616583     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2010.12.002     Document Type: Letter

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