Parasternal lymphoscintigraphy: implications for the treatment planning of internal mammary lymph nodes in breast cancer. [/sup 99m/Tc]
Journal Article
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· Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)
Parasternal lymphoscintigraphy is an easily performed technique for visualizing and accurately determining the three dimensional location of internal mammary lymph nodes. Sixty-eight women with primary or locally recurrent breast cancer underwent parasternal lymphoscintigraphy before treatment planning. The mean depth and lateral position of the internal mammary nodes were 1.8 +- 0.9 cm and 2.4 +- 0.9 cm respectively. Thirteen percent of the nodes would have been undertreated by the standard tangential technique used at our institution. Six of 15 patients whose treatment plans were examined retrospectively had at least 1 lymph node undertreated by the standard tangential technique. Thus, although standard tangential portals provide adequate coverage for the internal mammary lymph nodes in a majority of patients, parasternal lymphoscintigraphy can ensure complete coverage of this lymph node group.
- Research Organization:
- Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Boston, MA
- OSTI ID:
- 5583685
- Journal Information:
- Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 5:10; ISSN IOBPD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
560151 -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Man
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LYMPH NODES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
MAMMARY GLANDS
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OPTIMIZATION
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SCINTISCANNING
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
THERAPY
USES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
560151 -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Man
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
GLANDS
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LYMPH NODES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
MAMMARY GLANDS
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OPTIMIZATION
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
SCINTISCANNING
TECHNETIUM 99
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
THERAPY
USES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES