Should internal mammary lymph nodes in breast cancer be a target for the radiation oncologist?

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Published in Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys on March 01, 2000

Authors

G M Freedman1, B L Fowble, N Nicolaou, E R Sigurdson, M H Torosian, M C Boraas, J P Hoffman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia PA 19111, USA. g_freedman@fccc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Proton Therapy for Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer (BR01) | NCT01365845

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