An Atlas of the Pelvic Lymph Node Regions to Aid Radiotherapy Target Volume Definition

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 542-550

  Taylor, A ^a   Rockall, A G ^a   Powell, M E B ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume; conformal radiotherapy; intensity modulated radiotherapy; iron oxide particles; pelvic lymph nodes; radiotherapy planning

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERUS CANCER;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PELVIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34547546790     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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