Irradiating the groin nodes without breaking a leg: A comparison of techniques for groin node irradiation

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 258-264

  Gilroy, Jeffrey S ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a,b   Louis, Debbie A ^a   Li, Jonathan G ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Groin; Neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY BUILD; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; INGUINAL REGION; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IRRADIATION; LEG; PELVIS; PHOTON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VULVA CARCINOMA;

FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; PELVIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7444270591     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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