Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 196-199 , Autumn 2007

Increased Skin Dose With the Use of a Custom Mattress for Prone Breast Radiotherapy

Presented at the 8th Biennial European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology Meeting and Workshop; September 24–29, 2005; Lisboa, Portugal.

  • Stewart J. Becker, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Stewart J. Becker, Ph.D., New York University Clinical Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, 160 East 34th Street, New York, NY 10016.
    • ,
  • Rakesh R. Patel, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • ,
  • Thomas R. Mackie, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
    • Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Received 15 September 2006 ,Accepted 24 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.01.011

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 196-199 , Autumn 2007

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