Dose volume histogram analysis of normal structures associated with accelerated partial breast irradiation delivered by high dose rate brachytherapy and comparison with whole breast external beam radiotherapy fields

PURPOSE: To assess the radiation dose delivered to the heart and ipsilateral lung during accelerated partial breast brachytherapy using a MammoSite™ applicator and compare to those produced by whole breast external beam radiotherapy (WBRT). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dosimetric analysis was conducted on...

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Main Authors: Stewart, Alexandra J, O'Farrell, Desmond A, Cormack, Robert A, Hansen, Jorgen L, Khan, Atif J, Mutyala, Subhakar, Devlin, Phillip M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612673/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19019216
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-717X-3-39
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