Voluntary Breath-hold Technique for Reducing Heart Dose in Left Breast Radiotherapy

Breath-holding techniques reduce the amount of radiation received by cardiac structures during tangential-field left breast radiotherapy. With these techniques, patients hold their breath while radiotherapy is delivered, pushing the heart down and away from the radiotherapy field. Despite clear dosi...

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Autores principales: Bartlett, Frederick R., Colgan, Ruth M., Donovan, Ellen M., Carr, Karen, Landeg, Steven, Clements, Nicola, McNair, Helen A., Locke, Imogen, Evans, Philip M., Haviland, Joanne S., Yarnold, John R., Kirby, Anna M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MyJove Corporation 2014
Materias:
Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4211647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25046661
http://dx.doi.org/10.3791/51578

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