Prone Positioning Causes the Heart To Be Displaced Anteriorly Within the Thorax: Implications for Breast Cancer Treatment

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 916-920

  Chino, Junzo P ^a   Marks, Lawrence B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cardiotoxicity; Heart movement; Prone position; Radiotherapy technique

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY;

BREAST CANCER; CARDIOTOXICITY; HEART MOVEMENT; PRONE POSITION;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART DISPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; THORAX; THORAX WALL; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; PRONE POSITION; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC WALL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849088060     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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