Selection and delineation of lymph node target volumes in head and neck conformal radiotherapy. Proposal for standardizing terminology and procedure based on the surgical experience

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-150

  Grégoire, Vincent ^a   Coche, Emmanuel ^a   Cosnard, Guy ^a   Hamoir, Marc ^a   Reychler, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Conformal radiotherapy; Head and neck tumor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Node level

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LITERATURE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0342588064     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00202-4     Document Type: Review

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