Open AccessCorrelation between gastric volume and organs at risk dose in adjuvant radiotherapy for left breast cancer
Author(s) -
Zahra Siavashpour,
Mona Malekzadeh Moghani,
Neda Goharpey,
Hamid Reza Mirzai,
Leila Mohammadi,
Farid Zayeri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2083-4640
pISSN - 1507-1367
DOI - 10.5603/rpor.a2021.0067
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , breast cancer , stomach , dose volume histogram , lung , lung volumes , cancer , nuclear medicine , left breast , correlation , lung cancer , adjuvant radiotherapy , radiology , radiation treatment planning , mathematics , geometry
The role of the gastric volume on the dose-effect relationship for these organs has not been investigated. The aim of the study was to evaluate the correlation between gastric volume and dose-volume histogram (DVH) parameters of the heart, left lung and stomach during left breast cancer radiotherapy (RT).