Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 300-306 , March 2010

Simultaneous integrated boost in breast conserving treatment of breast cancer: A dosimetric comparison of helical tomotherapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy

  • Tarek Hijal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology; and
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Institut Curie, 26, Rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France.
    • ,
  • Nathalie Fournier-Bidoz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Institut Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Pablo Castro-Pena

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology; and
    • ,
  • Youlia M. Kirova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology; and
    • ,
  • Sophia Zefkili

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Institut Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Marc A. Bollet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology; and
    • ,
  • Rémi Dendale

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology; and
    • ,
  • François Campana

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology; and
    • ,
  • Alain Fourquet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology; and

Received 3 September 2009 ,Revised 20 December 2009 ,Accepted 29 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.12.043

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 300-306 , March 2010

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