Inter-observer variation in delineation of the heart and left anterior descending coronary artery in radiotherapy for breast cancer: A multi-centre study from Denmark and the UK

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 254-258

  Lorenzen, Ebbe L ^a,b   Taylor, Carolyn W ^c   Maraldo, Maja ^d   Nielsen, Mette H ^a   Offersen, Birgitte V ^e   Andersen, Maria R ^a   O'Dwyer, Dean ^a   Larsen, Lone ^f   Duxbury, Sharon ^g   Jhitta, Baljit ^g   Darby, Sarah C ^c   Ewertz, Marianne ^a,b   Brink, Carsten ^a,b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer radiotherapy; Delineation; Heart dose; Inter observer variation; Left anterior descending coronary artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENMARK; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DELINEATION; HEART DOSE; INTER-OBSERVER VARIATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CORONARY VESSELS; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANS AT RISK; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885384631     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.06.025     Document Type: Article

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