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Impact of respiratory motion on breast tangential radiotherapy using the field-in-field technique compared to irradiation using physical wedges

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to evaluate whether the field-in-field (FIF) technique was more vulnerable to the impact of respiratory motion than irradiation using physical wedges (PWs). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Ten patients with early stage breast cancer were enrolled. Computed tomography (CT) was perf...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Hidekazu, Hayashi, Shinya, Ohtakara, Kazuhiro, Hoshi, Hiroaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association of Radiology and Oncology 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3908854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24587786
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/raon-2013-0032