Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 246-253 , Winter 2007

Radiation Therapy of Large Intact Breasts Using a Beam Spoiler or Photons with Mixed Energies

  • Eugene P. Lief, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Eugene P. Lief, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Christ Hospital, 176 Palisade Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306.
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  • Margie A. Hunt, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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  • Linda X. Hong, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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  • Howard I. Amols, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Received 17 October 2006 ,Revised 8 February 2007

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PII: S0958-3947(07)00046-5

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.02.002

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 246-253 , Winter 2007

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