Axillary lymph node dose with tangential breast irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 358-364

  Reed, Daniel R ^a   Lindsley, Skyler Karen ^a   Mann, Gary N ^a   Austin Seymour, Mary ^a   Korssjoen, Tammy ^a   Anderson, Benjamin O ^a   Moe, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Axillary radiotherapy; Breast cancer

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY; TUMORS;

BREAST IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE REGION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE MAPPING; SURGICAL CLIPS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 12844256974     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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