The pattern of lymphatic metastasis of breast cancer and its influence on the delineation of radiation fields

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 874-878

  Yu, Jinming ^a   Li, Gong ^a   Li, Jianbin ^a   Wang, Yongsheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph node; Metastasis; Radiation field

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BREAST CANCER; DISSECTION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTOIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SUPRACLAVICULAR LYMPH NODE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13844294393     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.06.252     Document Type: Article

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