Estimating cardiac exposure from breast cancer radiotherapy in clinical practice.

PURPOSE: To assess the value of maximum heart distance (MHD) in predicting the dose and biologically effective dose (BED) to the heart and the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery for left-tangential breast or chest wall irradiation. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A total of 50 consecutive breast...

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Main Authors: Taylor, C, McGale, P, Povall, J, Thomas, E, Kumar, S, Dodwell, D, Darby, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2009

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