Radiation during deep inspiration allows loco-regional treatment of left breast and axillary-, supraclavicular- and internal mammary lymph nodes without compromising target coverage or dose restrictions to organs at risk

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-344

  Hjelstuen, Mari H B ^a   Mjaaland, Ingvil ^a   Vikström, Johan ^a   Dybvik, Kjell Ivar ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP INSPIRATION BREATH HOLD; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME; LYMPH NODE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERICARDIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INHALATION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859754025     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.618510     Document Type: Article

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