Biological dosimetry for breast cancer radiotherapy: a comparison of external beam and intraoperative radiotherapy

PURPOSE: External beam radiotherapy (EBRT) is the gold standard adjuvant treatment after breast conserving surgery although a recent phase 3 trial has shown the non-inferiority of intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT). Radiation exposure of the heart and cardiac vessels causes an increase in morbidity...

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Main Authors: Woolf, David K, Williams, Norman R, Bakshi, Raheleh, Madani, Seyed Yazdan, Eaton, David J, Fawcitt, Sara, Pigott, Katharine, Short, Susan, Keshtgar, Mohammed
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer International Publishing 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4093905/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25045612
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-329
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