Infiltration tendency of internal mammary lymph nodes involvement in patients with breast cancer: anatomical characteristics and implications for target delineation

Infiltration tendency of internal mammary lymph nodes involvement in patients with breast cancer: anatomical characteristics and implications for target delineation

Abstract Background Despite increasing clinical data suggest that internal mammary node (IMN) irradiation would improve local-regional control and overall survival in breast cancer, its role remains controversial due to increased risk of cardiac and pulmonary toxicity. The current study aims to dete...

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Main Authors: Yujie Wang, Weixiang Qi, Haoping Xu, Miao Zhang, Yimin Han, Jiayi Chen, Cheng Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
IMN
IMV
Anatomical features
Infiltration tendency
CTV delineation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1412-z

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