Cardiac dose reduction with deep-inspiratory breath hold technique of radiotherapy for left-sided breast cancer

Cardiac dose reduction with deep-inspiratory breath hold technique of radiotherapy for left-sided breast cancer

Introduction: Different techniques of radiation therapy have been studied to reduce the cardiac dose in left breast cancer. Aim: In this prospective dosimetric study, the doses to heart as well as other organs at risk (OAR) were compared between free-breathing (FB) and deep inspiratory breath hold (...

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Main Authors: Lalitha Kameshwari Sripathi, Parveen Ahlawat, David K Simson, Chira Ranjan Khadanga, Lakshmipathi Kamarsu, Shital Kumar Surana, Kavi Arasu, Harpreet Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Physics
Subjects:
Deep-inspiratory breath hold
intensity modulated radiotherapy
left anterior descending
three-dimensional radiotherapy
Online Access:http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2017;volume=42;issue=3;spage=123;epage=127;aulast=Sripathi

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