A comparison of brachytherapy techniques for partial breast irradiation

Brachytherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-175

  Hepel, Jaroslaw T ^a,b   Wazer, David E ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuboost; Breast cancer; Contura; Interstitial brachytherapy; MammoSite; Noninvasive image guided breast brachytherapy; Partial breast irradiation; Permanent breast seed implant; Savi; Xoft

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DEVICES; DOSIMETRY; EARLY CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 84859766069     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.06.001     Document Type: Review

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