FEASIBILITY OF IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY FOR CARDIAC SPARING IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT-SIDED BREAST CANCER

FEASIBILITY OF IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY FOR CARDIAC SPARING IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT-SIDED BREAST CANCER

Patients with left-sided breast cancer are at risk of cardiac toxicity because of cardiac irradiation during radiotherapy with the conventional 3-dimensional conformal technique (3D-CRT). In addition, many patients may receive chemotherapy prior to radiation which...

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Main Authors: Claire eLEMANSKI, Juliettte eThariat, Fred eAmpil, Satya eBose, Jacqueline eVock, Rick eDavis, Alexander eChi, Suresh eDutta, William eWoods, Anand eDesai, Juan eGodinez, ULF LENNART Karlsson, Nam Phong Nguyen, Vincent eVinh-Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
breast cancer
prevention
IGRT
cardiac toxicity
left breast
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00257/full

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