Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 90, Issue 1 , Pages 66-73 , January 2009

Dosimetric comparison of four different external beam partial breast irradiation techniques: Three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, helical tomotherapy, and proton beam therapy

  • Sung Ho Moon

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Kyung Hwan Shin

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Proton Therapy Center and Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu-1-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 411-769, Republic of Korea.
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  • Tae Hyun Kim

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Myonggeun Yoon

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Soah Park

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Doo-Hyun Lee

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Jong Won Kim

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Dae Woong Kim

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung Yong Park

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Kwan Ho Cho

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Received 29 May 2008 ,Revised 11 September 2008 ,Accepted 13 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.09.027

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