Comparison of dose distributions and organs at risk (OAR) doses in conventional tangential technique (CTT) and IMRT plans with different numbers of beam in left-sided breast cancer

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 95-102

  Ayata, Hande Bas ^a   Güden, Metin ^a   Ceylan, Cemile ^a   Kücük, Nadir ^a   Engin, Kayihan ^a  

^a Anadolu Medical Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conventional techniques comparison; IMRT; Left breast; Whole breast radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VOLUME; ORGANS AT RISK; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79955027271     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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