Chest wall radiotherapy with volumetric modulated arcs and the potential role of flattening filter free photon beams

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-491

  Subramaniam, S ^a   Thirumalaiswamy, S ^a   Srinivas, C ^a   Gandhi, G A ^a   Kathirvel, M ^a   Kumar, K K ^a   Mallik, S ^a   Babaiah, M ^a   Pawar, Y ^a   Clivio, A ^b   Fogliata, A ^b   Mancosu, P ^c   Nicolini, G ^b   Vanetti, E ^b   Cozzi, L ^b  

^a Yashoda Superspeciality Hospital   (India)

^b OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^c HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Flattening filter free photons; Radiotherapy; RapidArc; Thoracic wall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLATTENING FILTER FREE BEAM; HEART; HUMAN; LUNG; MASTECTOMY; ORGANS AT RISK; PHOTON THERAPY; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RAPIDARC THERAPY; SPINAL CORD; THORAX WALL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 84862657994     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-012-0075-6     Document Type: Article

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