The modified tangential irradiation technique for breast cancer: How to cover the entire axillary region

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 815-822

  Takeda, Atsuya ^a   Shigematsu, Naoyuki ^a   Kondo, Makoto ^a   Amemiya, Atsushi ^b   Kawaguchi, Osamu ^a   Sato, Michinao ^a   Kutsuki, Shoji ^a   Toya, Kazuhito ^a   Ishibashi, Ryochi ^a   Kawase, Takatsugu ^a   Tsukamoto, Nobuhiro ^c   Kubo, Atsushi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ofuna Chuo Hospital   (Japan)

^c IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Tangential irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLIP; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 0034001416     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00463-0     Document Type: Article

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