CT localization of axillary lymph nodes in relation to the humeral head: Significance of arm position for radiation therapy planning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-193

  Mansur, David B ^a   Kong, Feng Ming ^b   El Naqa, Issam ^a   Taylor, Marie E ^a   Zoberi, Imran ^a   Bradley, Jeffrey D ^a   Perez, Carlos A ^a   Klein, Eric E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY POSITION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27944436090     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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