A simplified CT-based definition of the supraclavicular and infraclavicular nodal volumes in breast cancer

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-43

  Atean, I ^a,b   Pointreau, Y ^a,c   Ouldamer, L ^c,d   Monghal, C ^d   Bougnoux, A ^a   Bera, G ^a   Barillot, I ^a,c  

^a CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^b KING FAHAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conformal radiotherapy; Delineation atlas; Supraclavicular and infraclavicular lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CADAVER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRACLAVICULAR LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACLAVICULAR LYMPH NODE;

ATLASES AS TOPIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84873705120     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: 17696658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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