What is the target volume for preoperative accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI)? in regards to Nichols et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010;77:197-202) and Palta et al. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010, in Press)

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 314-315

  Kim, Leonard ^a   Shaitelman, Simona ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79953841376     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.038     Document Type: Letter

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