Simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy for bilateral breast: a treatment planning and dosimetric comparison for volumetric modulated arc and fixed field intensity modulated therapy.

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Published in Radiat Oncol on July 24, 2009

Authors

Giorgia Nicolini1, Alessandro Clivio, Antonella Fogliata, Eugenio Vanetti, Luca Cozzi

Author Affiliations

1: Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Medical Physics Unit, Bellinzona, Switzerland. giorgia.nicolini@eoc.ch

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