Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 283-291, Winter 2006

Inverse-planned, dynamic, multi-beam, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): A promising technique when target volume is the left breast and internal mammary lymph nodes

  • Carmen C. Popescu, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Therapy Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency–Vancouver Island Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Carmen Popescu, Radiation Therapy Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency–Vancouver Island Centre, 2410 Lee Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8R 6V5
    • ,
  • Ivo Olivotto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Therapy Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency–Vancouver Island Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Veronica Patenaude, B.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Therapy Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency–Vancouver Island Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Elaine Wai, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Therapy Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency–Vancouver Island Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Wayne A. Beckham, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Radiation Therapy Program, British Columbia Cancer Agency–Vancouver Island Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    • Physics & Astronomy Department, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Received 1 September 2005; accepted 1 May 2006.

To access this article, please choose from the options below

Login to an existing account or Register a new account.

  • Purchase this article for 31.50 USD (You must login/register to purchase this article)

    Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded as your permanent record.

  • Subscribe to this title

    Get unlimited online access to this article and all other articles in this title 24/7 for one year.

  • Claim access now

    For current subscribers with Society Membership or Account Number.

  • Visit SciVerse ScienceDirect to see if you have access via your institution.

 Supported in part by a grant from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, British Columbia/Yukon Chapter.Presented in part at the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncologists Annual Meeting, September 9–12, 2004, Halifax, Canada.

PII: S0958-3947(06)00127-0

doi:10.1016/j.meddos.2006.05.003

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 283-291, Winter 2006

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution