Internal mammary node radiation: A proposed technique to spare cardiac toxicity

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 31, 2009, Pages

  Oh, Julia L ^a   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS;

EID: 70449704411     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.21.2787     Document Type: Letter

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