A practical and easy method to locate the first three internal mammary lymph node-bearing areas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 421-425

  Marks, Lawrence B ^a   Bentel, Gunilla C ^a   Hardenbergh, Patricia H ^a   Lind, Pehr A R M ^a,b   Prosnitz, Leonard R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internal mammary nodes; Radiation therapy; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BONE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; RADIOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

MAMMARY LYMPH NODES;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETON; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STERNUM; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035370303     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01452-3     Document Type: Article

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