Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy Improves Dosimetry and Reduces Treatment Time Compared to Conventional Intensity-Modulated Radiotherapy for Locoregional Radiotherapy of Left-Sided Breast Cancer and Internal Mammary Nodes

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 287-295

  Popescu, Carmen C ^a   Olivotto, Ivo A ^a,b   Beckham, Wayne A ^a,c   Ansbacher, Will ^a,c   Zavgorodni, Sergei ^c   Shaffer, Richard ^a   Wai, Elaine S ^b   Otto, Karl ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; IMRT; VMAT

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; DELIVERY TIME; HEALTHY TISSUES; HEART VOLUMES; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; INTERNAL MAMMARY NODES; IPSILATERAL LUNGS; MEAN DOSE; MONITOR UNITS; ORGANS AT RISKS; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANS; TREATMENT TIME; TREATMENT VOLUMES; VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS; VOLUME PERCENTAGE; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

CAVITY RESONATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; THORACIC WALL; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 72049114953     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.05.038     Document Type: Article

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