Dose to organs in the supraclavicular region when covering the Internal Mammary Nodes (IMNs) in breast cancer patients: A comparison of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) versus 3D and VMAT

During breast/chest wall and regional nodal irradiation (RNI), standard 3D conformal techniques can fail to meet the dosimetric constraints for the heart and ipsilateral lung. VMAT can improve the dosimetric sparing of the heart and lungs. However the unnecessary increase in dose to the organs in th...

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Autores principales: Dumane, Vishruta A., Bakst, Richard, Green, Sheryl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30339705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205770

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30339705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205770

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