1. Treatment techniques for 3D conformal radiation to breast and chest wall including the internal mammary chain
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Dwight E. Heron, Gwendolyn C. King, Kristina Gerszten, C. Faul, Deborah Sonnik, and Raj N. Selvaraj
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Dose-volume histogram ,Supine position ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Breast Neoplasms ,Breast cancer ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Conformal radiation ,Thoracic Wall ,Radiation treatment planning ,Lung ,Radiological and Ultrasound Technology ,business.industry ,Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted ,Heart ,medicine.disease ,Radiation therapy ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Oncology ,Female ,Lymph Nodes ,Radiology ,Tomography ,Radiotherapy, Conformal ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Nuclear medicine ,business ,Thoracic wall - Abstract
Breast, chest wall, and regional nodal irradiation have been associated with an improved outcome in high-risk breast cancer patients. Complex treatment planning is often utilized to ensure complete coverage of the target volume while minimizing the dose to surrounding normal tissues. The 2 techniques evaluated in this report are the partially wide tangent fields (PWTFs) and the 4-field photon/electron combination (the modified "Kuske Technique"). These 2 techniques were evaluated in 10 consecutive breast cancer patients. All patients had computerized tomographic (CT) scans for 3D planning supine on a breast board. The breast was defined clinically by the physician and confirmed radiographically with radiopaque bebes. The resulting dose-volume histograms (DVHs) of normal and target tissues were then compared. The deep tangent field with blocks resulted in optimal coverage of the target and the upper internal mammary chain (IMC) while sparing of critical and nontarget tissues. The wide tangent technique required less treatment planning and delivery time. We compared the 2 techniques and their resultant DVHs and feasibility in a busy clinic.
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- 2007
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