Does TomoDirect 3DCRT represent a suitable option for post-operative whole breast irradiation? A hypothesis-generating pilot study

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Borca, Valeria Casanova ^a,b   Franco, Pierfrancesco ^a   Catuzzo, Paola ^a   Migliaccio, Fernanda ^a   Zenone, Flora ^a   Aimonetto, Stefania ^a   Peruzzo, Andrea ^a   Pasquino, Massimo ^b   Russo, Giuliana ^b   La Porta, Maria Rosa ^a,b   Cante, Domenico ^b   Sciacero, Piera ^b   Girelli, Giuseppe ^b   Ricardi, Umberto ^c   Tofani, Santi ^a,b  

^a Ospedale Regionale 'U Parini'   (Italy)

^b Azienda Sanitaria ASL TO4   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOTHERAPY EQUIPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 84870878834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-7-211     Document Type: Article

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