Skin-sparing helical tomotherapy vs 3D-conformal radiotherapy for adjuvant breast radiotherapy: In vivo skin dosimetry study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Capelle, Lisa ^a   Warkentin, Heather ^a   MacKenzie, Marc ^a   Joseph, Kurian ^a   Gabos, Zsolt ^a   Pervez, Nadeem ^a   Tankel, Keith ^a   Chafe, Susan ^a   Amanie, John ^a   Ghosh, Sunita ^a   Parliament, Matthew ^a   Abdulkarim, Bassam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D CRT; Acute skin toxicity; Adjuvant RT; Breast cancer; HT; Skin dosimetry

Indexed keywords

3D-CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT RT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RADIOTHERAPY; CONTRALATERAL BREAST; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY; HOMOGENEITY INDEX; HT; IN-VIVO; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DOSE; SKIN TOXICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN TOXICITY; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKIN;

EID: 84863630190     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.086     Document Type: Article

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