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March 21, 2011Radiation OncologyOpen Access

Tangential beam IMRT versus tangential beam 3D-CRT of the chest wall in postmastectomy breast cancer patients: A dosimetric comparison

Volker Rudat Abdul Aziz Alaradi Adel Mohamed Khaled AI-Yahya Saleh Altuwaijri

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Abstract

Tangential beam IMRT significantly reduced the dose-volume of the ipsilateral lung and heart in unselected postmastectomy breast cancer patients.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d9d9c00f32475823a3c8ae https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-717x-6-26

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