Impact of breath hold on regional nodal irradiation and heart volume in field in left breast cancer adjuvant irradiation.

Mohamed AbouegylahO ElemaryAhmed Adel AhmedAmany Mostafa ElFekyHaytham FayedMostafa GawishAmr A MahmoudAhmed Gawish

Published in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2023)

When compared to free breathing scans, DIBH procedures result in considerably reduced dosage to the OAR and no appreciable changes in dose exposure to regional lymph node stations in patients with left-sided breast cancer.

Keyphrases

lymph node
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
computed tomography
early stage
heart failure
sentinel lymph node
radiation induced
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
radiation therapy
atrial fibrillation
rectal cancer
dual energy