2014
DOI: 10.1118/1.4888711
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SU-E-T-378: Limits and Possibilities of a Simplistic Approach to Whole Breast Radiation Therapy Planning

Abstract: Purpose: Challenges for radiation therapy in developing countries include unreliable infrastructure and high patient load. We propose a system to treat whole breast in the prone position without computed tomography and/or planning software. Methods: Six parameters are measured using calipers and levels with the patient prone in the treatment position. (1) The largest separation; (2) the angle that separation makes with the horizontal; (3) the separation 2 cm posterior to the nipple; (4) the vertical distance b… Show more

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“…As is explained in the prologue, the group had been driven away from every city they sought protection in, for Eurystheus had threatened all of these cities with war (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). As Iolaus says, the poleis who did not wish to accept the suppliants 'are honoring the mightier' (τοὺς κρείσσονας σέβοντες).…”
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“…As is explained in the prologue, the group had been driven away from every city they sought protection in, for Eurystheus had threatened all of these cities with war (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24). As Iolaus says, the poleis who did not wish to accept the suppliants 'are honoring the mightier' (τοὺς κρείσσονας σέβοντες).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…22 They have also tried to make sense of the utterance. Some commentators have argued that it is merely motivated by Euripides' fondness of repetition of the same word (in different grammatical forms); 23 or that Apollo is referring to his human manifestation as Admetus' slave. 24 Others have proposed a meaning extension from the more common, prototypical applications of ὅσιος used for humans, to make it meaningful in application to a god.…”
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