Dosimetric experience with 2 commercially available multilumen balloon-based brachytherapy to deliver accelerated partial-breast irradiation

Abstract The purpose of this work was to report dosimetric experience with 2 kinds of multilumen balloon (MLB), 5-lumen Contura MLB (C-MLB) and 4-lumen MammoSite MLB (MS-MLB), to deliver accelerated partial-breast irradiation, and compare the ability to achieve target coverage and control skin and r...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists 2015, Vol.40 (3), p.195-200
Hauptverfasser:	Fu, Weihua, Ph.D, Kim, Jong Oh, Ph.D, Chen, Alex S.J., M.D, Mehta, Kiran, M.D, Pucci, Pietro, Huq, M. Saiful, Ph.D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accelerated partial-breast irradiation Balloon brachytherapy BALLOONS BRACHYTHERAPY Brachytherapy - instrumentation Brachytherapy - methods Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy Catheters COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS Contura MLB DESIGN Equipment Design Equipment Failure Analysis Female GEOMETRY HAZARDS Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans MAMMARY GLANDS MammoSite MLB NEOPLASMS Organ Sparing Treatments - instrumentation Organs at Risk - radiation effects PATIENTS RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS RADIATION DOSES RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY Radiology Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted - methods Ribs - radiation effects SKIN Skin - radiation effects Treatment Outcome
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