Adaptive radiation therapy for breast IMRT-simultaneously integrated boost: Three-year clinical experience

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-187

  Hurkmans, Coen W ^a   Dijckmans, Ingrid ^a   Reijnen, Miranda ^a   Van Der Leer, Jorien ^a   Van Vliet Vroegindeweij, Corine ^b   Van Der Sangen, Maurice ^a  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive image guided radiation therapy; Breast cancer; Post operative seroma volume change; Simultaneously integrated boost; Tumor bed volume

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SEROMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84860470924     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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