Impact of a large breast separation on radiation dose delivery to the ipsilateral lung as result of respiratory motion quantified using free breathing and 4D CT-based planning in patients with locally advanced breast cancers: A potential for adverse clinical implications | Zendy

A. Gabriella Wernicke | Zendy; ThomasE Heineman | Zendy; Albert Sabbas | Zendy; M.S. Delamerced | Zendy; YaLin Chiu | Zendy; Michael L. Smith | Zendy; Bhupesh Parashar | Zendy

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Impact of a large breast separation on radiation dose delivery to the ipsilateral lung as result of respiratory motion quantified using free breathing and 4D CT-based planning in patients with locally advanced breast cancers: A potential for adverse clinical implications

Author(s) -

A. Gabriella Wernicke,

ThomasE Heineman,

Albert Sabbas,

M.S. Delamerced,

YaLin Chiu,

Michael L. Smith,

Bhupesh Parashar

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of cancer research and therapeutics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 0973-1482

pISSN - 1998-4138

DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.110368

Subject(s) - medicine , exhalation , nuclear medicine , lung , breathing , dosimetry , radiation therapy , radiology , anatomy

We examined the effects of large breast separation (BS) on dosimetric and positional differences of radiation treatment plans of locally advanced breast cancers during a free-breathing respiratory cycle.

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