Hypofractionated whole-breast radiation therapy: Does breast size matter?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 894-901

  Hannan, Raquibul ^a   Thompson, Reid F ^b   Chen, Yu ^b   Bernstein, Karen ^b   Kabarriti, Rafi ^b   Skinner, William ^b   Chen, Chin C ^c   Landau, Evan ^b   Miller, Ekeni ^b   Spierer, Marnee ^b   Hong, Linda ^b   Kalnicki, Shalom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast conserving therapy; Hypofractionated radiation therapy; IMRT inverse planning; Large breast size; Prone treatment position

Indexed keywords

RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

BREAST-CONSERVING THERAPY; HYPOFRACTIONATED; INVERSE PLANNING; LARGE BREAST SIZE; PRONE TREATMENT POSITION;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LUNG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANS AT RISK; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN TOXICITY; SUPINE POSITION; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANS AT RISK; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRONE POSITION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SUPINE POSITION; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84872045019     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.093     Document Type: Article

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