Radiation dose–volume effects in the heart

G Gagliardi, LS Constine, V Moiseenko… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
The literature is reviewed to identify the main clinical and dose–volume predictors for acute
and late radiation-induced heart disease. A clear quantitative dose and/or volume …

Review of deep inspiration breath‐hold techniques for the treatment of breast cancer

D Latty, KE Stuart, W Wang… - Journal of medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Radiation treatment to the left breast is associated with increased cardiac morbidity and
mortality. The deep inspiration breath‐hold technique (DIBH) can decrease radiation dose …

Long-term mortality from heart disease and lung cancer after radiotherapy for early breast cancer: prospective cohort study of about 300 000 women in US SEER …

SC Darby, P McGale, CW Taylor, R Peto - The lancet oncology, 2005 - thelancet.com
Background Radiotherapy for early breast cancer can decrease breast cancer mortality but
increase other mortality, mainly from heart disease and lung cancer. The mean cardiac dose …

Significant reductions in heart and lung doses using deep inspiration breath hold with active breathing control and intensity-modulated radiation therapy for patients …

VM Remouchamps, FA Vicini, MB Sharpe… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the heart and lung sparing effects of moderate deep inspiration breath
hold (mDIBH) achieved using an active breathing control (ABC) device, compared with free …

Optimizing breast cancer treatment efficacy with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

FA Vicini, M Sharpe, L Kestin, A Martinez… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: To present our clinical experience using intensity-modulated radiation therapy
(IMRT) to improve dose uniformity and treatment efficacy in patients with early-stage breast …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation-induced cardiac damage in early left breast cancer patients: risk factors, biological mechanisms, radiobiology, and dosimetric constraints

A Sardaro, MF Petruzzelli, MP D'Errico… - Radiotherapy and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Today there is general awareness of the potential damage to the heart in left-sided (more
than in right-sided) breast cancer radiotherapy (RT). Historical changes in tumor and heart …

Breathing adapted radiotherapy of breast cancer: reduction of cardiac and pulmonary doses using voluntary inspiration breath-hold

AN Pedersen, S Korreman, H Nyström… - Radiotherapy and …, 2004 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Adjuvant radiotherapy of breast cancer using wide
tangential photon fields implies a risk of late cardiac and pulmonary toxicity. This CT-study …

Breathing adapted radiotherapy for breast cancer: comparison of free breathing gating with the breath-hold technique

SS Korreman, AN Pedersen, TJ Nøttrup… - Radiotherapy and …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for
breast cancer implies a risk of late cardiac and pulmonary toxicity. This is the first study to …

Initial clinical experience with moderate deep-inspiration breath hold using an active breathing control device in the treatment of patients with left-sided breast cancer …

VM Remouchamps, N Letts, FA Vicini… - International Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: We present our initial clinical experience using moderate deep-inspiration
breath hold (mDIBH) with an active breathing control (ABC) device to reduce heart dose in …

A comparative dosimetric study for treating left-sided breast cancer for small breast size using five different radiotherapy techniques: conventional tangential field, filed …

GH **, LX Chen, XW Deng, XW Liu, Y Huang… - Radiation …, 2013 - Springer
Background and purposes To compare the dosimetry for the left-sided breast cancer
treatment using five different radiotherapy techniques. Materials and methods Twenty …