Analysis of axillary coverage during tangential radiation therapy to the breast

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Reznik, Julia ^a   Cicchetti, M Giulia ^a   Degaspe, Barbara ^a   Fitzgerald, T J ^a  

^a UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Tangential fields

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

AXILLARY TISSUES; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS (DVH); IRRADIATION FIELDS; ROTTER NODES (RT);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 11144348190     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.04.065     Document Type: Article

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