title: Dose received by the sentinel node volume during tangential radiation therapy to the breast.
abstract: The dose received by the sentinel node (SN) volume during tangential irradiation was studied on 31 patients. Of the 50Gy prescribed to the breast volume 95% of the SN volume received from 6.9 to 27.5Gy. In 19 patients the SN volume overlapped with the tangential field deep side.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Radioterapia - Fundación Marie Curie, Córdoba, Argentina. szunio@latin-cancer.com
authors.forename: Silvia B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Zunino
authors.forename: Edgardo R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Garrigo
authors.forename: Nestor C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Garello
authors.forename: Patricia E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Murina
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Del Castillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002968:Clavicle; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D008875:Middle Aged; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy