Proton radiotherapy for chest wall and regional lymphatic radiation; dose comparisons and treatment delivery

PURPOSE: The delivery of post-mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) can be challenging for patients with left sided breast cancer that have undergone mastectomy. This study investigates the use of protons for PMRT in selected patients with unfavorable cardiac anatomy. We also report the first clinical...

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Autores principales: MacDonald, Shannon M, Jimenez, Rachel, Paetzold, Peter, Adams, Judith, Beatty, Jonathan, DeLaney, Thomas F, Kooy, Hanne, Taghian, Alphonse G, Lu, Hsiao-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3627609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23521809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-8-71

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3627609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23521809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-8-71

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