Coverage of Axillary Lymph Nodes in Supine vs. Prone Breast Radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 745-751

  Alonso Basanta, Michelle ^a   Ko, Jane ^a   Babcock, Melissa ^a   Dewyngaert, J Keith ^a   Formenti, Silvia C ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph nodes; Breast cancer; Dose volume analysis; Prone radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODES; AXILLARY NODES; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TISSUES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; CT IMAGES; DOSE-VOLUME ANALYSIS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; HEART VOLUMES; IPSILATERAL LUNGS; MEAN DOSE; NODAL REGIONS; NORMAL TISSUES; PRONE POSITIONS; PRONE RADIOTHERAPY; SUPINE POSITIONS; TUMOR BEDS;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LUNG; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRONE POSITION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 59649097866     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.04.040     Document Type: Article

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