Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 106-109 , January 2009

Use of skin markers and electronic portal imaging to improve verification of tangential breast irradiation

  • Anke van der Salm

      Affiliations

    • Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jennifer Strijbos

      Affiliations

    • Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Colette Dijcks

      Affiliations

    • Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Lars Murrer

      Affiliations

    • Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro Clinic), GROW, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jacques Borger

      Affiliations

    • Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro Clinic), GROW, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Liesbeth Boersma

      Affiliations

    • Maastro Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro Clinic), GROW, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Maastro Clinic, Postbus 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Received 11 April 2008 ,Accepted 3 May 2008.

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PII: S0167-8140(08)00259-4

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.05.014

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 106-109 , January 2009

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