Effects of Variable Placement of Superior Tangential/Supraclavicular Match Line on Dosimetric Coverage of Level III Axilla/Axillary Apex in Patients Treated With Breast and Supraclavicular Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 370-374

  Garg, Amit K ^a   Frija, Erik K ^a   Sun, Tzouh Liang ^a   Strom, Eric A ^a   Perkins, George H ^a   Oh, Julia L ^a   Yu, Tsu Kuan ^a   Woodward, Wendy A ^a   Tereffe, Welella A ^a   Salehpour, Mohammad ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Supraclavicular match line

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

AXILLARY NODES; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVATION SURGERIES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; SIMULATION DATUMS; SUPRACLAVICULAR MATCH LINE; TREATMENT PLANS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SUPRACLAVICULAR MATCH LINE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149343956     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.045     Document Type: Article

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