Cardiotoxic Effects of Tangential Breast Irradiation in Early Breast Cancer Patients: The Role of Irradiated Heart Volume

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1131-1138

  Borger, Jacques H ^a   Hooning, Maartje J ^b   Boersma, Liesbeth J ^a   Snijders Keilholz, Antonia ^c   Aleman, Berthe M P ^b   Lintzen, Eelke ^a   van Brussel, Sara ^d   van der Toorn, Peter Paul ^e   Alwhouhayb, Maitham ^a   van Leeuwen, Flora E ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Universiteitsziekenhuis ^*  (Belgium)

^e CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving therapy; Cardiotoxicity; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

HEART VOLUME; MAXIMUM HEART DISTANCE; POSTLUMPECTOMY IRRADIATION; TANGENTIAL FIELDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 35448946926     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.042     Document Type: Article

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