Open AccessImmobilization-assisted abdominal deep inspiration breath-hold in post-mastectomy radiotherapy of left-sided breast cancer with internal mammary chain coverage
Author(s) -
Meiqin Chen,
Shoumei Zang,
Hao Yu,
Lihua Ning,
Huijie Huang,
Luyi Bu,
Jia Ge,
Mengyou Xu,
Qiuying Tang,
Feng Zhao,
Guorong Yao,
Senxiang Yan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 2223-4306
pISSN - 2223-4292
DOI - 10.21037/qims-20-831
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , breast cancer , nuclear medicine , radiology , mammary artery , mastectomy , cancer , artery , surgery
Whether to prophylactically irradiate the ipsilateral internal mammary chain (IMC) in post-mastectomy radiotherapy (PMRT) remains controversial because of equivocal clinical benefits against the added toxicities. Our previous study revealed that the cardiac dose was decreased during left-sided breast radiotherapy with abdominal deep inspiration breath-hold (aDIBH) as compared with free-breathing (FB) and thoracic deep inspiration breath-hold (tDIBH). Here we present the dosimetric advantage of aDIBH for patients undergoing PMRT with IMC coverage.
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