Breast Cancer Regional Radiation Fields for Supraclavicular and Axillary Lymph Node Treatment: Is a Posterior Axillary Boost Field Technique Optimal?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-91

  Wang, Xiaochun ^a   Yu, Tse Kuan ^a   Salehpour, Mohammad ^a   Zhang, Sean X ^a   Sun, Tzouh Liang ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary; Computed tomography; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Posterior axillary boost; Supraclavicular

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; POSTERIOR AXILLARY BOOST; SUPRACLAVICULAR;

BODY FLUIDS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TARGETS;

PHYSICAL THERAPY;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64049102312     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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