Radiation techniques used in patients with breast cancer: Results of a survey in Spain

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 122-128

  Algara, Manuel ^a   Arenas, Meritxell ^a   De las Peñas Eloisa Bayo, Dolores ^a   Muñoz, Julia ^a   Carceller, José Antonio ^a   Salinas, Juan ^a   Moreno, Ferran ^a   Martínez, Francisco ^a   González, Ezequiel ^a   Montero, Ángel ^a  

^a Breast Cancer Radiation Oncology Spanish Group (GEORM)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Radiotherapy technique; Spain Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPAIN; STANDARD; SUPINE POSITION; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84862592061     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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