Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 190-196 , Autumn 2006

Simultaneous-integrated boost intensity-modulated radiation therapy (SIB-IMRT) in the treatment of early-stage left-sided breast carcinoma

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, Abstract T15-1511, December 2003, Chicago, IL.

Received 16 December 2004 ,Accepted 7 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2005.11.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 190-196 , Autumn 2006

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