Simplified field-in-field technique for a large-scale implementation in breast radiation treatment

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 131-137

  Fournier Bidoz, Nathalie ^a   Kirova, Youlia M ^a   Campana, Francois ^a   Dendale, Rémi ^a   Fourquet, Alain ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Electronic surface compensation; Field in the field; IMRT; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIMPLIFIED FIELD AND FIELD TECHNIQUE; SKIN TOXICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84860442746     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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