Selection and delineation of lymph node target volume for lung cancer conformal radiotherapy. Proposal for standardizing terminology based on surgical experience

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 410-423

  Kiricuta, Ion Christian ^a  

^a St Vincenz Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Lung cancer; Lymph nodes; Target volume; TNM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TARGET ORGAN; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0034877962     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00002423     Document Type: Article

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