Unintended cardiac irradiation during left-sided breast cancer radiotherapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1022, 2013, Pages

  Goody, R B ^a   O'Hare, J ^a   McKenna, K ^a   Earey, L D ^a   Robinson, J ^a   Bell, P ^a   Clarke, J ^a   McAleer, J J A ^a   O'Sullivan, J M ^a,b   Hanna, G G ^a,b  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIAC IRRADIATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX WALL; BREAST TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873655770     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20120434     Document Type: Article

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