Near-maximum rib dose is the most relevant risk factor for ipsilateral spontaneous rib fracture: a dosimetric analysis of breast cancer patients after radiotherapy.

Dowook Kim Kyubo Kim Jae Sik Kim Seonghee Kang Hong-Gyun Wu Kyung Hwan Shin

Published in: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] (2022)

Our data demonstrated that near-maximum rib dose was the best dosimetric parameter to predict ipsilateral SRF in RT-treated breast cancer patients. In addition, our results suggest that patients who received RT with exceeding rib dose cut-off value and had ipsilateral SRF on bone scan be recommended routine follow-up without additional imaging tests.

Keyphrases

radiation therapy
early stage
high resolution
computed tomography
radiation induced
bone mineral density
magnetic resonance imaging
squamous cell carcinoma
locally advanced
magnetic resonance
machine learning
newly diagnosed