Lymphangiogram-assisted lymph node target delineation for patients with gynecologic malignancies

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1147-1152

  Chao, K S Clifford ^a,b   Lin, Mary ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Gynecologic malignancy; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Lymph nodes; Target definition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

MALIGNANCIES;

GYNECOLOGY;

AORTA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IRRADIATION; LEG; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNIVERSITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037111142     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03040-7     Document Type: Article

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