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Measurement of skin and target dose in post-mastectomy radiotherapy using 4 and 6 MV photon beams

BACKGROUND: For patients with high risk breast cancer and mastectomy, radiotherapy is the treatment of choice to improve survival and local control. Target dose is mainly limited due to skin reactions. The feasibility of using 4 MV beams for chest wall treatment was studied and compared to standard...

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Autores principales: Fischbach, Melanie, Hälg, Roger A, Hartmann, Matthias, Besserer, Jürgen, Gruber, Günther, Schneider, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24238366
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-8-270