Loco-regional conformal radiotherapy of the breast: Delineation of the regional lymph node clinical target volumes in treatment position

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-295

  Dijkema, Ivessa M ^a   Hofman, Pieter ^a   Raaijmakers, Cornelis P J ^a   Lagendijk, Jan J ^a   Battermann, Jan J ^a   Hillen, Berend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conformal radiotherapy; Regional lymph nodes; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARM; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542474963     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.02.017     Document Type: Article

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