Impact of internal metallic ports in temporary tissue expanders on postmastectomy radiation dose distribution

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 630-635

  Chen, Susie A ^a   Ogunleye, Tomiwa ^a   Dhabbaan, Anees ^a   Huang, Eugene H ^b   Losken, Albert ^a   Gabram, Sheryl ^a   Davis, Lawrence ^a   Torres, Mylin A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b North Coast Cancer Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CT SIMULATION; CT SLICES; CT-VALUE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; MAGNETIC METALS; NEODYMIUM IRON BORONS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RARE EARTH MAGNET; TREATMENT PLANS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

BORON; IRON; NEODYMIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TISSUE EXPANDER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAGNETIC METAL PORT; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES;

EID: 84873287821     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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