Functional intercomparison of intraoperative radiotherapy equipment – Photon Radiosurgery System
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Functional intercomparison of intraoperative radiotherapy equipment – Photon Radiosurgery System
BACKGROUND Intraoperative Radiotherapy (IORT) is a method by which a critical radiation dose is delivered to the tumour bed immediately after surgical excision. It is being investigated whether a single high dose of radiation will impart the same clinical benefit as a standard course of external beam therapy. Our centre has four Photon Radiosurgery Systems (PRS) currently used to irradiate brea...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Oncology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1748-717X
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-2-11