Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 96, Issue 2 , Pages 192-198 , August 2010

Boosting the tumor bed from deep-seated tumors in early-stage breast cancer: A planning study between electron, photon, and proton beams

  • José I. Toscas

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Oncológico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Instituto Oncológico Teknon, C/Vilana 12, 08022 Barcelona, Spain.
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  • Dolors Linero

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Oncológico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Isabel Rubio

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Oncológico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Alberto Hidalgo

      Affiliations

    • Servei de Radiodiagnòstic, Clínica Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Raquel Arnalte

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Oncológico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Lluís Escudé

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Oncológico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Luca Cozzi

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, CH, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Antonella Fogliata

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, CH, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Raymond Miralbell

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Oncológico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
    • Service de Radio-Oncologie, Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, CH, Switzerland

Received 14 January 2010 ,Revised 14 May 2010 ,Accepted 14 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.05.007

Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 96, Issue 2 , Pages 192-198 , August 2010

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