Measurement of scattered dose through thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) in the contralateral breast for tangential beam breast irradiation for patients in Metro Manila

• Main Authors: Moreno, Dickerson C., Lopez, F. A., Santacera, Raquel Irene
• 格式: text
• 出版: Animo Repository 2005
• 主題: Breast—Cancer—Radiotherapy; Radiation dosimetry; Medicine and Health Sciences
• 在線閱讀: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8152

Tangential beam breast irradiation treats target tissues while avoiding the lungs and the con­tralatcral breast. Scatter radiation to the contralateral breast can cause secondary malignancy if the glandular tissue absorbs more than the dose limit for breast. This study is the first in the Philippine...