mantle port

A mantle-shaped radiotherapy field that covers axillary, mediastinal, hilar, cervical, supra- and infraclavicular lymph nodes, used to treat multiple contiguous lymphoid regions involved by Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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mantle port

Mantle field Radiation oncology A radiotherapy field that covers axillary, mediastinal, hilar, cervical, supra- and infraclavicular lymph nodes, used to treat multiple contiguous lymphoid regions involved by Hodgkin's lymphoma. See Abdominal bath, Inverted 'Y' field, Radiotherapy.

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