International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 214-223 , 1 September 2005

The incidence and functional consequences of RT-associated cardiac perfusion defects

Portions of this work were presented at the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, New Orleans, LA, October 6–10, 2002, and at the 45th Annual Meeting of American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Salt Lake City, UT, October 18–23, 2003.

  • Lawrence B. Marks, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Lawrence B. Marks, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology, Box 3085, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. Tel: (919) 668-5640; Fax: (919) 668-7345
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  • Xiaoli Yu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Robert G. Prosnitz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Su-Min Zhou, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Patricia H. Hardenbergh, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Michael Blazing, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Donna Hollis, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Pehr Lind, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Andrea Tisch, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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  • Terence Z. Wong, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
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  • Salvador Borges-Neto, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Received 24 August 2004 ,Revised 10 January 2005 ,Accepted 18 January 2005.

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 Supported in part by Grants 17-98-1-8071 and BC010663 from the Department of Defense.Dr. P. H. Hardenbergh’s current address is Vale Medical Center, Vale, CO.

PII: S0360-3016(05)00157-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.01.029

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 214-223 , 1 September 2005

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