Standard Tangential Radiation Fields Do Not Provide Incidental Coverage to the Internal Mammary Nodes
Loganadane G, Kassick M, Kann BH, Young MR, Knowlton CA, Evans SB, Higgins SA, Belkacemi Y, Potenziani M, Saltmarsh N, Wilson LD, Moran MS. Standard Tangential Radiation Fields Do Not Provide Incidental Coverage to the Internal Mammary Nodes. Practical Radiation Oncology 2019, 10: 21-28. PMID: 31394256, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2019.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal mammary nodesClinical target volumePlanning target volumeIMN chainMean doseTangential radiation fieldsTarget volumePostmastectomy radiationMammary nodesRadiation therapyAdjuvant whole breast radiation therapyWhole breast radiation therapyRegional nodal radiationConformal radiation therapyNodal radiationPrimary endpointMedian doseTherapeutic coverageStudy cohortTherapeutic dosesBreast cancerIncidental doseAxillary fieldKruskal-Wallis testSupraclavicular field