Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 140-144 , Summer 2009

Do All Patients of Breast Carcinoma Need 3-Dimensional CT-Based Planning? A Dosimetric Study Comparing Different Breast Sizes

Received 18 December 2007 ,Accepted 4 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2008.08.006

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 140-144 , Summer 2009

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