Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 313-318 , March 2010

Comparison of electron IMRT to helical photon IMRT and conventional photon irradiation for treatment of breast and chest wall tumours

  • Tobias Gauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy and Radio-Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiotherapy and Radio-Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.
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  • Konrad Engel

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Mathematics, University of Rostock, Germany
    • ,
  • Antje Kiesel

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Mathematics, University of Rostock, Germany
    • ,
  • Dirk Albers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy and Radio-Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
    • ,
  • Dirk Rades

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany

Received 6 March 2009 ,Revised 30 December 2009 ,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.037

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Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 313-318 , March 2010

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