Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , April 2009

Dosimetry and field matching for radiotherapy to the breast and supraclavicular fossa

  • Elizabeth A. Miles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiography, City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: City University, Department of Radiography, Northampton Square, London Ec1V 0HB, UK.
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  • Karen Venables

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN, UK
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  • Peter J. Hoskin

      Affiliations

    • Marie Curie Research Wing, Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN, UK
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  • Edwin G.A. Aird

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Department, Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN, UK
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  • On Behalf of the START Trial Management Group

      Affiliations

    • Edwin Aird, Jane Barrett, Peter Barrett-Lee, Judith Bliss, Jackie Brown, Margaret Carling, John Dewar, Jane Dobbs, Jo Haviland, Peter Hoskin, Penny Hopwood, Pat Lawton, Brian Magee, Judith Mills, David Morgan, Roger Owen, Joyce Pritchard, Mark Sydenham, Karen Venables, John Yarnold.

Received 7 August 2008 ,Revised 13 November 2008 ,Accepted 16 November 2008.

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PII: S0167-8140(08)00652-X

doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.11.016

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 42-48 , April 2009

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