Pilot study of feasibility and dosimetric comparison of prone versus supine breast radiotherapy

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 450-459

  Fernandez Lizarbe E ^a   Montero, A ^a   Polo, A ^a   Hernanz, R ^a   Moris R ^a   Formenti, S ^b   Ramos, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast radiotherapy; Dosimetric analysis; Normal tissue sparing; Prone positioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PILOT STUDY; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANS AT RISK; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; PRONE POSITION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878743486     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-012-0950-8     Document Type: Article

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