title: [Breast carcinoma. Technical problems of radiotherapy. Proposal of an algorithm as an alternative to the lack of scintigraphic visualization of the internal mammary lymph nodes].
abstract: In early breast cancer, radiation therapy following conservative surgery needs a topographic evaluation of internal mammary lymph nodes. Three-dimensional lymphoscintigraphy (IML3D) is an useful method for this purpose. The average depth of the lymph nodes is closely correlated with the square root of the body weight/height ratio. We calculated the individual maximum depth of the lymph nodes from this function; the parameter was then verified with the experimental data from our series of cases (53 patients). Although the suggested algorithm needs to be verified on a larger number of patients, we believe the empirical maximum depth measurement to be useful when IML3D is unfeasible or the internal mammary lymph nodes are not demonstrated on scintigraphic scans.
authors: Divisione di Radioterapia e Medicina Nucleare, USL 51, Cremona.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Todino
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Bonetta
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Arisi
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Testolin
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Morrica
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Lima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008961:Models, Structural; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
vernacular_title: Carcinoma mammario. Problemi di tecnica radioterapica. Proposta di un algoritmo in alternativa alla non visualizzazione scintigrafica delle catene mammarie interne.