Postoperative radiotherapy of internal mammary nodes in breast cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2014.11.009
- VernacularTitle:乳腺癌术后内乳淋巴结的放疗
- Author:
Qingfang LYU
;
Qiuning ZHANG
;
Xiaohu WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Breast neoplasms;
Radiotherapy;
Internal mammary nodes
- From:
Journal of International Oncology
2014;41(11):827-829
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Internal mammary nodes are part of the first stop of mammary gland lymphatic drainage.It plays an important role in the process of occurrence and development of breast cancer.Whether irradiation internal mammary nodes or not is still a larger controversy.At present,for the early stage patients,the efficacy of internal mammary lymph node irradiation is not clear.For the patients with positive axillary lymph nodes,inboard or central quadrant lesions,postoperative radiotherapy of internal mammary nodes has a certain value.
