Open AccessNovel eradicative high-dose rate brachytherapy for internal mammary lymph node metastasis from breast cancer
Author(s) -
Kazushi Kishi,
Hirokazu Tanino,
Tetsuo Sonomura,
Shintaro Shirai,
Yasutaka Noda,
Morio Sato,
Yoshitaka Okamura
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v4.i11.443
Subject(s) - medicine , brachytherapy , breast cancer , nuclear medicine , radiation therapy , percutaneous , metastasis , radiology , lymph node , external beam radiotherapy , radiation treatment planning , cancer , pathology
To develop a method of delivering an eradicative high radiotherapeutic dose safely preserving the surrounding skin in the treatment of internal mammary lymph node metastasis (IMLNM) of breast cancer.