Dosimetric advantages for cardiac substructures in radiotherapy of esophageal cancer in deep-inspiration breath hold.

Ahmed Allam MohamedMelina Nausikaa DouglasPhilipp BrunersMichael J Eble

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2024)

Radiotherapy in DIBH could provide a method to reduce the radiation dose to the left ventricle and coronaries, which could reduce the cardiac toxicity of the modality.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
early stage
locally advanced
left ventricular
radiation induced
oxidative stress
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
mitral valve
squamous cell carcinoma
coronary artery