Geometric and dosimetric approach to determine probability of late cardiac mortality in left tangential breast irradiation: Comparison between wedged beams and field-in-field technique

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 894-900

  Pili, Giorgio ^a   Grimaldi, Luca ^a   Fidanza, Christian ^a   Florio, Elena T ^a   Petruzzelli, Maria F ^b   D'Errico, Maria P ^a   De Tommaso, Cristina ^b   Tramacere, Francesco ^b   Musaio, Francesca ^a   Castagna, Roberta ^b   Francavilla, Maria C ^b   Gianicolo, Emilio A L ^c   Portaluri, Maurizio ^b,c  

^a A Perrino Hospital   (Italy)

^b A Perrino Hospital Brindisi   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast irradiation; Cardiac mortality probability; Dosimetric gain in uniformity; Field in field technique; Uniformity index

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST IRRADIATION; COMPARATIVE INDEX; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; DOSIMETRIC GAIN IN UNIFORMITY; FIELD-IN-FIELD TECHNIQUE; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; MEAN DOSE; PLANNING TARGET VOLUMES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNIFORMITY INDEX;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; GRAPHIC METHODS; IRRADIATION; PROBABILITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

HEART;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; FIELD IN FIELD TECHNIQUE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; WEDGE BEAM TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PROBABILITY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 80052454548     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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