A dose planning study for cardiac and lung dose sparing techniques in left breast cancer radiotherapy: Can free breathing helical tomotherapy be considered as an alternative for deep inspiration breath hold?

A dose planning study for cardiac and lung dose sparing techniques in left breast cancer radiotherapy: Can free breathing helical tomotherapy be considered as an alternative for deep inspiration breath hold?

Purpose: To investigate the possibility to be able to offer left sided breast cancer patients, not suitable for DIBH, an organ at risk saving treatment. Materials and Methods: Twenty patients receiving radiotherapy for left breast cancer in DIBH were enrolled in the study. Planning CT scans were acq...

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Main Authors: Sara Abdollahi, Mohammad Hadi Hadizadeh Yazdi, Ali Asghar Mowlavi, Sofie Ceberg, Marianne Camille Aznar, Fatemeh Varshoee Tabrizi, Roham Salek, Alireza Ghodsi, Ali Shams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-03-01
Series:Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Left breast radiotherapy
Deep inspiration breath-hold
Helical Tomotherapy
Toxicity management
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240563242300001X

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