Deep inspiration breath hold to reduce irradiated heart volume in breast cancer patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 199-204

  Sixel, Katharina E ^a,b   Aznar, Marianne C ^a   Ung, Yee C ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cardiac complications; Deep inspiration breath hold

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INHALATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035164113     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01455-3     Document Type: Article

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