Evaluation of dose to cardiac structures during breast irradiation

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1004, 2011, Pages 743-746

  Aznar, Marianne ^a   Korreman, S S ^a,b,c   Pedersen, A N ^a   Persson, G F ^a   Josipovic, M ^a   Specht, L ^a,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CORONARY VESSELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 79960531719     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/12497075     Document Type: Article

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