Dose distribution in the thyroid gland following radiation therapy of breast cancer-a retrospective study

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Johansen, S ^a   Reinertsen, KV ^a,b   Knutstad, K ^a   Olsen, DR ^c   Fosså, SD ^d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Hypothyroidism; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION INDUCED HYPOTHYROIDISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID GLAND; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79958049215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-6-68     Document Type: Article

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