Relationship of sentinel and axillary level I-II lymph nodes to tangential fields used in breast irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 671-678

  Schlembach, Pamela J ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a,b   Ross, Merrick I ^a   Kirsner, Steven M ^a   Salas, G Jessica ^a   Strom, Eric A ^a   McNeese, Marsha D ^a   Perkins, George H ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Sentinel lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

TANGENTIAL FIELDS;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; LUNG; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SIMULATION; THORAX WALL;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035501315     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)01684-4     Document Type: Article

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