Reducing interobserver variation of boost-CTV delineation in breast conserving radiation therapy using a pre-operative CT and delineation guidelines

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-182

  Boersma, Liesbeth J ^a   Janssen, Tomas ^b   Elkhuizen, Paula H M ^b   Poortmans, Philip ^d   Van Der Sangen, Maurice ^c   Scholten, Astrid N ^e   Hanbeukers, Bianca ^a   Duppen, Joop C ^b   Hurkmans, Coen ^c   Van Vliet, Corine ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d Institute Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast conserving therapy; Interobserver variation; Pre operative CT; Tumourbed delineation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CTV DELINEATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84860461627     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.12.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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