Whole breast proton irradiation for maximal reduction of heart dose in breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-39

  Mast, Mirjam E ^a   Vredeveld, Eline J ^b   Credoe, Herman M ^b   van Egmond, Jaap ^a   Heijenbrok, Mark W ^c   Hug, Eugen B ^d   Kalk, Patrick ^b   van Kempen Harteveld, Loes M L ^a   Korevaar, Erik W ^b   van der Laan, Hans Paul ^b   Langendijk, Johannes A ^b   Rozema, Hans J E ^a   Petoukhova, Anna L ^a   Schippers, Jacobus M ^e   Struikmans, Henk ^a   Maduro, John H ^b  

^a Radiotherapy Center West   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^d ProCure Proton Therapy Center   (United States)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breath hold; Heart sparing; IMPT; IMRT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HEART; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED PROTON THERAPY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; ORGANS AT RISK; PROCEDURES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; ORGANS AT RISK; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 84921936190     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-014-3149-6     Document Type: Article

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