Implementing a tantalum wire mesh to increase the skin dose in low-energy electron irradiation of the chest wall

Radiation treatment of the post-mastectomy chest wall is performed in our institution by straight-on electron irradiation. The chest-wall thickness is measured and the beam energy is chosen so that the chest wall is treated to therapeutic doses, while sparing the underlying lung tissue. The most com...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medical dosimetry : official journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists 2001, Vol.26 (3), p.275-279
Hauptverfasser:	Cederbaum, Martin, Ravkin, Anna, Rosenblatt, Edward, Gez, Eliahu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy Chest wall Electron spoiler Equipment Design Female Humans Radiometry Radiotherapy - instrumentation Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted Skin - radiation effects Surface dose Tantalum Tantalum mesh Thorax - radiation effects
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