Incidental irradiation of internal mammary lymph nodes in breast cancer: conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy versus conformal three-dimensional radiotherapy

Incidental irradiation of internal mammary lymph nodes in breast cancer: conventional two-dimensional radiotherapy versus conformal three-dimensional radiotherapy

Abstract Objective: To evaluate incidental irradiation of the internal mammary lymph nodes (IMLNs) through opposed tangential fields with conventional two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) radiotherapy techniques and to compare the results between the two techniques. Materials and Methods...

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Main Authors: Elton Trigo Teixeira Leite, Rafael Tsuneki Ugino, Marco Antônio Santana, Denis Vasconcelos Ferreira, Maurício Russo Lopes, Edilson Lopes Pelosi, João Luis Fernandes da Silva, Heloisa de Andrade Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2016-06-01
Series:Radiologia Brasileira
Subjects:
Linfonodos/efeitos de radiação
Irradiação linfática
Neoplasias da mama
Radioterapia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-39842016000300008&lng=en&tlng=en

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