Simplified rules for everyday delineation of lymph node areas for breast cancer radiotherapy

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 992, 2010, Pages 683-686

  Kirova, Youlia M ^a   Castro Pena, P ^a   Dendale, R ^a   Servois, V ^a   Bollet, M A ^a   Fournier Bidoz, N ^a   Campana, F ^a   Fourquet, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE; ONCOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGIST; RESIDENT; STAFF TRAINING; TARGET ORGAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77955377657     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/28834220     Document Type: Article

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