Prone versus supine position for adjuvant breast radiotherapy: A prospective study in patients with pendulous breasts

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Krengli, Marco ^a   Masini, Laura ^a   Caltavuturo, Tina ^a   Pisani, Carla ^a   Apicella, Giuseppina ^a   Negri, Eleonora ^b   Deantonio, Letizia ^a   Brambilla, Marco ^b   Gambaro, Giuseppina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b University Hospital Maggiore della Carita   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dosimetric analysis; Prone setup

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST RADIOTHERAPY; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; DOSIMETRY; EDEMA; ELECTRON; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR; PAIN; PARTIAL BODY RADIATION; PHOTON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRONE POSITION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84885007153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-8-232     Document Type: Article

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