Dosimetric Comparison of the Simultaneous Integrated Boost in Whole-Breast Irradiation after Breast-Conserving Surgery: IMRT, IMRT plus an Electron Boost and VMAT

Sangang Wu; Youqun Lai; Zhenyu He; Yuan Zhou; Shanyu Chen; Mingming Dai; Juan Zhou; Qin Lin; Feng Chi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0120811

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Dosimetric Comparison of the Simultaneous Integrated Boost in Whole-Breast Irradiation after Breast-Conserving Surgery: IMRT, IMRT plus an Electron Boost and VMAT

Sangang Wu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangang Wu, Youqun Lai, Zhenyu He

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Youqun Lai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangang Wu, Youqun Lai, Zhenyu He

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Zhenyu He ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangang Wu, Youqun Lai, Zhenyu He

Affiliation Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Yuan Zhou,

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Shanyu Chen,

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Mingming Dai,

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Juan Zhou,

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Qin Lin ,

* E-mail: linqin05@163.com (QL); chif@sysucc.edu.cn (FC)

Affiliation Xiamen Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
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Feng Chi

* E-mail: linqin05@163.com (QL); chif@sysucc.edu.cn (FC)

Affiliation Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Collaborative Innovation Center of Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Dosimetric Comparison of the Simultaneous Integrated Boost in Whole-Breast Irradiation after Breast-Conserving Surgery: IMRT, IMRT plus an Electron Boost and VMAT

Sangang Wu,
Youqun Lai,
Zhenyu He,
Yuan Zhou,
Shanyu Chen,
Mingming Dai,
Juan Zhou,
Qin Lin,
Feng Chi

Published: March 17, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0120811

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