Utility of Deep Inspiration Breath Hold for Left-Sided Breast Radiation Therapy in Preventing Early Cardiac Perfusion Defects: A Prospective Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that DIBH and conformal cardiac blocking for patients receiving tangential RT for left-sided breast cancer is an effective means to avoid early RT-associated cardiac perfusion defects.
PMID: 28333011 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Medical Physics - March 25, 2017 Category: Physics Authors: Zagar TM, Kaidar-Person O, Tang X, Jones EE, Matney J, Das SK, Green RL, Sheikh A, Khandani AH, McCartney WH, Oldan JD, Wong TZ, Marks LB Tags: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Source Type: research