Assessment of dose homogeneity in conformal interstitial breast brachytherapy with special respect to ICRU recommendations
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Assessment of dose homogeneity in conformal interstitial breast brachytherapy with special respect to ICRU recommendations
PURPOSE To present the results of dose homogeneity analysis for breast cancer patients treated with image-based conformal interstitial brachytherapy, and to investigate the usefulness of the ICRU recommendations. MATERIAL AND METHODS Treatment plans of forty-nine patients who underwent partial breast irradiation with interstitial brachytherapy were analyzed. Quantitative parameters were used ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1689-832X
DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2011.24822