Virtual lymph node analysis to evaluate axillary lymph node coverage provided by tangential breast irradiation
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Virtual lymph node analysis to evaluate axillary lymph node coverage provided by tangential breast irradiation
PURPOSE To investigate the coverage of axillary lymph node with tangential breast irradiation fields by using virtual lymph node (LN) analysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-eight women who were treated with whole breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery were analyzed. The axillary and breast volumes were delineated according to the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) contouring a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Oncology Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2234-1900,2234-3156
DOI: 10.3857/roj.2015.33.1.50