The impact of dose heterogeneity on late normal tissue complication risk after hypofractionated whole breast radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-147

  Tsang, Yat ^a   Haviland, Joanne ^b   Venables, Karen ^a   Yarnold, John ^b  

^a MOUNT VERNON CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast trials; Hypofractionation; Treble trouble

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION DOSE HYPOFRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865765106     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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