CT-scan based localization of the internal mammary chain and supra clavicular nodes for breast cancer radiation therapy planning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-315

  Kirova, Youlia M ^a   Servois, Vincent ^a   Campana, François ^a   Dendale, Remi ^a   Bollet, Marc A ^a   Laki, Fatima ^b   Fournier Bidoz, Nathalie ^a   Fourquet, Alain ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CT scan; Internal mammary chain; Radiotherapy; Supra clavicular lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; STERNUM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MAMMARY ARTERIES; POSTURE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746345285     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.05.014     Document Type: Article

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