Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 42-50 , Spring 2009

Comparison of Various Radiation Therapy Techniques in Breast Cancer Where Target Volume Includes Mammaria Interna Region

  • Mehmet Hakan Dogan, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Turkey
    • ,
  • Seyit Burhanedtin Zincircioglu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Seyit Burhanedtin Zincircioglu, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakır, Turkey
    • ,
  • Faruk Zorlu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

Received 9 May 2007 ,Accepted 25 November 2007.

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PII: S0958-3947(08)00029-0

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.11.003

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 42-50 , Spring 2009

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