Voluntary Deep Inspiration Breath-hold Reduces the Heart Dose Without Compromising the Target Volume Coverage During Radiotherapy for Left-sided Breast Cancer

BACKGROUND: During radiotherapy of left-sided breast cancer, parts of the heart are irradiated, which may lead to late toxicity. We report on the experience of single institution with cardiac-sparing radiotherapy using voluntary deep inspiration breath hold (V-DIBH) and compare its dosimetric outcom...

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Autores principales: Al-Hammadi, Noora, Caparrotti, Palmira, Naim, Carole, Hayes, Jillian, Rebecca Benson, Katherine, Vasic, Ana, Al-Abdulla, Hissa, Hammoud, Rabih, Divakar, Saju, Petric, Primoz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter Open 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5839089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29520213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/raon-2018-0008

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5839089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29520213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/raon-2018-0008

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