Six-year experience routinely using moderate deep inspiration breath-hold for the reduction of cardiac dose in left-sided breast irradiation for patients with early-stage or locally advanced breast cancer

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-30

  Swanson, Todd ^a   Grills, Inga S ^b   Ye, Hong ^b   Entwistle, Amy ^b   Teahan, Melanie ^b   Letts, Nicola ^b   Yan, Di ^b   Duquette, Joana ^b   Vicini, Frank A ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; breath hold; intensity modulated radiation therapy; radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREATH HOLDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP INSPIRATION BREATH HOLDING; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RESPIRATION CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREATH HOLDING; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INHALATION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84872945961     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e31823fe481     Document Type: Article

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