Clinical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 542-550 , September 2007

An Atlas of the Pelvic Lymph Node Regions to Aid Radiotherapy Target Volume Definition

  • A. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: A. Taylor, Department of Radiotherapy, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK. Tel: +44-20-8383-8132.
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  • A.G. Rockall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
    • ,
  • M.E.B. Powell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK

Received 6 April 2007 ,Accepted 2 May 2007.

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PII: S0936-6555(07)00642-5

doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.05.002

Clinical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 7 , Pages 542-550 , September 2007

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