Is prone free breathing better than supine deep inspiration breath-hold for left whole-breast radiotherapy? A dosimetric analysis.

Xinzhuo WangOdile Fargier-BochatonGiovanna DipasqualeMohamed LaouitiMelpomeni KountouriOlena GorobetsNam P NguyenRaymond Miralbell Vincent Vinh-Hung

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2021)

Prone compared with supine DiBH was associated with a dosimetric gain in 62.1% of our left-sided breast cancer patients. High pendulousness and moderately large breast predicted for the gain.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
early stage
locally advanced
radiation induced
squamous cell carcinoma
monte carlo