Lymphoscintigraphy can select breast cancer patients for internal mammary chain radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1081-1088

  Hindié, Elif ^a,c   Groheux, David ^a   Hennequin, Christophe ^a   Zanotti Fregonara, Paolo ^a   Vercellino, Laetitia ^a   Berenger, Nathalie ^a   Toubert, Marie Elisabeth ^a   Maylin, Claude ^a   Vilcoq, Jacques Robert ^b   Espié, Marc ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary node; Lymphoscintigraphy; Radiotherapy; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; INTERNAL MAMMARY NODES; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELECTION CRITERIA; SENTINEL NODE; TRACER INJECTIONS;

DISEASES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOPSY;

TRACER;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AXILLA; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84862687591     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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