Large topographic variability of upper abdominal lymphatics and the consequences for radiation treatment planning

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-195

  Brunner, Thomas B ^a   Baum, Ulrich ^b   Grabenbauer, Gerhard G ^a   Sauer, Rolf ^a   Lambrecht, Ulrike ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CT scan; Lymphatic metastasis; Pancreatic adenocarcinoma; Visceral blood supply

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751219601     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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