Quantifying dose to the reconstructed breast: Can we adequately treat?

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-59

  Chung, Eugene ^a   Marsh, Robin B ^a   Griffith, Kent A ^a   Moran, Jean M ^a   Pierce, Lori J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Heart; Lung; Postmastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT); Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEART; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LUNG; MASTECTOMY; POSTMASTECTOMY RADIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873177061     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: 18734022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Clarke M., Collins R., Darby S., et al. Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: An overview of the randomised trials. Lancet 2005, 366:2087-2106.
2. Overgaard M., Hansen P.S., Overgaard J., et al. Postoperative radiotherapy in high-risk premenopausal women with breast cancer who receive adjuvant chemotherapy. Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group 82b trial. N Engl J. Med. 1997, 337:949-955.
3. Ragaz J., Olivotto I.A., Spinelli J.J., et al. Locoregional radiation therapy in patients with high-risk breast cancer receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: 20-Year results of the British Columbia randomized trial. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 2005, 97:116-126.
4. Al-Ghazal S.K., Sully L., Fallowfield L., et al. The psychological impact of immediate rather than delayed breast reconstruction. Eur. J. Surg. Oncol. 2000, 26:17-19.
5. Khoo A., Kroll S.S., Reece G.P., et al. A comparison of resource costs of immediate and delayed breast reconstruction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1998, 101:964-968. discussion:969-70.
6. Slavin S.A., Schnitt S.J., Duda R.B., et al. Skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate reconstruction: Oncologic risks and aesthetic results in patients with early-stage breast cancer. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1998, 102:49-62.
7. Chawla A.K., Kachnic L.A., Taghian A.G., et al. Radiotherapy and breast reconstruction: Complications and cosmesis with TRAM versus tissue expander/implant. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2002, 54:520-526.
8. Krueger E.A., Wilkins E.G., Strawderman M., et al. Complications and patient satisfaction following expander/implant breast reconstruction with and without radiotherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2001, 49:713-721.
9. Cordeiro P.G., Pusic A.L., Disa J.J., et al. Irradiation after immediate tissue expander/implant breast reconstruction: Outcomes, complications, aesthetic results, and satisfaction among 156 patients. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2004, 113:877-881.
10. Koutcher L., Ballangrud A., Cordeiro P.G., et al. Postmastectomy intensity modulated radiation therapy following immediate expander-implant reconstruction. Radiother. Oncol. 2010, 94:319-323.
11. Motwani S.B., Strom E.A., Schechter N.R., et al. The impact of immediate breast reconstruction on the technical delivery of postmastectomy radiotherapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2006, 66:76-82.
12. Feng M., Moran J.M., Koelling T., et al. Development and validation of a heart atlas to study cardiac exposure to radiation following treatment for breast cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2011, 79:10-18.
13. Chung E., Corbett J.R., Moran J.M., et al. No dose response relationship for Heart Disease at low doses. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2011, 81:S64.
14. Korreman S.S., Pedersen A.N., Nøttrup T.J., et al. Breathing adapted radiotherapy for breast cancer: Comparison of free breathing gating with the breath-hold technique. Radiother. Oncol. 2005, 76:311-318.
15. Remouchamps V.M., Letts N., Vicini F.A., et al. Initial clinical experience with moderate deep-inspiration breath hold using an active breathing control device in the treatment of patients with left-sided breast cancer using external beam radiation therapy. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2003, 56:704-715.
16. Jagsi R., Moran J., Marsh R., et al. Evaluation of four techniques using intensity-modulated radiation therapy for comprehensive locoregional irradiation of breast cancer. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 2010, 78:1594-1603.
17. Darby S.C., McGale P., Taylor C.W., et al. Long-term mortality from heart disease and lung cancer after radiotherapy for early breast cancer: Prospective cohort study of about 300,000 women in US SEER cancer registries. Lancet Oncol. 2005, 6:557-565.
18. Jagsi R., Griffith K.A., Koelling T., et al. Rates of myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease and risk factors in patients treated with radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer. Cancer 2007, 109:650-657.
19. Hooning M.J., Botma A., Aleman B.M., et al. Long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in 10-year survivors of breast cancer. J. Natl Cancer Inst. 2007, 99:365-375.
20. Graham M.V., Purdy J.A., Emami B., et al. Clinical dose-volume histogram analysis for pneumonitis after 3D treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 1999, 45:323-329.