Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 216-223 , Autumn 2006

Choice of beam energy and dosimetric implications for radiation treatment in a subpopulation of women with large breasts in the United States and Japan

  • Indra J. Das, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Indra J. Das, Ph.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
    • ,
  • Naoto Shikama, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Chee-Wai Cheng, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ
    • ,
  • Lawrence J. Solin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Received 1 December 2005 ,Accepted 2 February 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.02.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 216-223 , Autumn 2006

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