Biological dosimetry for breast cancer radiotherapy: a comparison of external beam and intraoperative radiotherapy
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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 and mortality following EBRT for breast cancer. We have used γ-H2AX foci formation in peripheral b...
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عنوان ژورنال: SpringerPlus
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2193-1801
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-329