Effective heart-sparing whole lung irradiation using volumetric modulated arc therapy: a case report

Effective heart-sparing whole lung irradiation using volumetric modulated arc therapy: a case report

Abstract Background Late cardiovascular disease-related adverse events are one of the most common causes of premature mortality among long-term survivors of childhood cancer. As it is difficult to reduce the heart dose with traditional anteroposterior–posteroanterior field whole lung irradiation for...

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Main Authors: Gen Suzuki, Toshiyuki Ogata, Norihiro Aibe, Hideya Yamazaki, Shigeki Yagyu, Tomoko Iehara, Hajime Hosoi, Kei Yamada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
Volumetric modulated arc therapy
Whole lung irradiation
Wilms’ tumor
IMRT
VMAT
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-019-2209-2

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