Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time

Accelerated partial breast irradiation is commonly done with the MammoSite applicator, which requires symmetry to treat the patient. This paper describes three cases that were asymmetric when initially placed and became symmetric over time, without manipulation.

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Autores principales: Mutyala, Subhakar, Choi, Walter, Khan, Atif J, Yaparpalvi, Ravi, Stewart, Alexandra J, Devlin, Phillip M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2034578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17892557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-2-37
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author Mutyala, Subhakar
Choi, Walter
Khan, Atif J
Yaparpalvi, Ravi
Stewart, Alexandra J
Devlin, Phillip M
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description Accelerated partial breast irradiation is commonly done with the MammoSite applicator, which requires symmetry to treat the patient. This paper describes three cases that were asymmetric when initially placed and became symmetric over time, without manipulation.
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spelling pubmed-20345782007-10-19 Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time Mutyala, Subhakar Choi, Walter Khan, Atif J Yaparpalvi, Ravi Stewart, Alexandra J Devlin, Phillip M Radiat Oncol Research Accelerated partial breast irradiation is commonly done with the MammoSite applicator, which requires symmetry to treat the patient. This paper describes three cases that were asymmetric when initially placed and became symmetric over time, without manipulation. BioMed Central 2007-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2034578/ /pubmed/17892557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-2-37 Text en Copyright © 2007 Mutyala et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research
Mutyala, Subhakar
Choi, Walter
Khan, Atif J
Yaparpalvi, Ravi
Stewart, Alexandra J
Devlin, Phillip M
Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
title Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
title_full Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
title_fullStr Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
title_full_unstemmed Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
title_short Inherent change in MammoSite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
title_sort inherent change in mammosite applicator three-dimensional geometry over time
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2034578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17892557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-2-37
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