Acta Med. 2009, 52: 23-25

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.103

Thoracic Radiotherapy for Mediastinal Nodal Recurrence

Katsunori Kagohashia, Hidetsugu Nakayamab, Kenji Kageib, Koichi Kurishimaa, Hiroichi Ishikawaa, Hiroaki Satoha

aUniversity of Tsukuba, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Tsubaka-city, Ibaraki, 305–8575, Japan
bUniversity of Tsukuba, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tsubaka-city, Ibaraki, 305–8575, Japan

Received March 1, 2008
Accepted January 1, 2009

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