Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , Spring 2007

Treatment techniques for 3D conformal radiation to breast and chest wall including the internal mammary chain

  • Deborah Sonnik, C.M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Raj N. Selvaraj, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Raj N. Selvaraj, M.S., D.A.B.R., D.A.B.M.P., Senior Medical Physicist, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical Physics Division, UPMC - Passavant Hospital, 9100 Babcock Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5842.
    • ,
  • Clare Faul, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Luke’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Kristina Gerszten, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Dwight E. Heron, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
    • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
    • ,
  • Gwendolyn C. King, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Therapy, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA

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PII: S0958-3947(06)00130-0

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.08.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , Spring 2007

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