Voluntary deep inspiration breath-hold reduces the heart dose without compromising the target volume coverage during radiotherapy for left-sided breast cancer

Radiology and Oncology

Primoz Petric¹  Jillian Hayes²  Saju Divakar²  Ana Vasic²  Hissa Al-Abdulla²  Katherine Rebecca Benson²  Rabih Hammoud²  Palmira Caparrotti²  Noora Al-Hammadi²  Carole Naim² 

[1] Corresponding authorDepartment of Radiation Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar;Department of Radiation Oncology, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QatarOther articles by this author:

关键词: breast cancer;    radiotherapy;    heart dose;    heart sparing;   

DOI  :  10.1515/raon-2018-0008

学科分类：肿瘤学

来源: Onkoloski Institut Ljubljana / Institute of Oncology Ljubljana

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundDuring 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 outcome with free breathing (FB) technique.

【 授权许可】

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