Does Lymphovascular Invasion Predict Regional Nodal Failure in Breast Cancer Patients With Zero to Three Positive Lymph Nodes Treated With Conserving Surgery and Radiotherapy? Implications for Regional Radiation

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8231698	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2010	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

These results suggest that LVI can not be used as a sole indicator for regional nodal irradiation in breast cancer patients with zero to three positive lymph nodes treated with BCT.

Keywords

Lymphovascular invasion Breast-conserving therapy Breast cancer Regional nodal failure

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Does Lymphovascular Invasion Predict Regional Nodal Failure in Breast Cancer Patients With Zero to Three Positive Lymph Nodes Treated With Conserving Surgery and Radiotherapy? Implications for Regional Radiation

Authors

Rimoun M.D., Rita M.D., Andrzej Ph.D., Elena F. M.D., Levi B.S., Alexandra B.S., Alphonse G. M.D., Ph.D.,