Does adequate irradiation of the internal mammary chain and supraclavicular nodes improve survival rates?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 1978, Pages 481-492

  Fletcher, Gilbert H ^a   Montague, Eleanor D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Irradiation; Peripheral lymphatics; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; COBALT THERAPY; INTERNAL MAMMARY LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0018099878     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(78)90085-8     Document Type: Article

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