Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 99-105 , January 2009

Helical tomotherapy for locoregional irradiation including the internal mammary chain in left-sided breast cancer: Dosimetric evaluation

  • Jean-Michel Caudrelier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ont., Canada.
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  • Scott C. Morgan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Lynn Montgomery

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Manon Lacelle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Balazs Nyiri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Miller MacPherson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ont., Canada

Received 28 May 2008 ,Revised 28 August 2008 ,Accepted 7 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.09.028

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 99-105 , January 2009

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