Volumetric modulated arc therapy and breath-hold in image-guided locoregional left-sided breast irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-22

  Osman, Sarah O S ^a   Hol, Sandra ^a   Poortmans, Philip M ^a   Essers, Marion ^a  

^a DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breath hold; Cardiac toxicity; Locoregional lymph nodes; VMAT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RESPIRATORY GATED IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY; VOLUNTARY MODERATE DEEP INSPIRATION BREATH HOLD; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREATH HOLDING; CARDIOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPH NODE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREATH HOLDING; CARDIOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, IMAGE-GUIDED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908219978     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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