Why do we need irradiation of internal mammary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer: Analysis of lymph flow and radiotherapy studies.

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Published in Rep Pract Oncol Radiother on October 22, 2016

Authors

Novikov Sergey Nikolaevich1, Kanaev Sergey Vasilevich1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology & Nuclear Medicine, N.N. Petrov Institute Oncology, 197758, Leningradskaya 68, St Petersburg, Russia.

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