Prone left-sided whole-breast irradiation: Significant heart dose reduction using end-inspiratory versus end-expiratory gating.

CONCLUSIONS: Inspiratory gating consistently reduced heart dose metrics pointing to a possible benefit of breathing-adapted radiotherapy for prone left-sided whole-breast irradiation.
PMID: 24893968 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - May 31, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mulliez T, Speleers B, Mahjoubi K, Remouchamps V, Gilsoul M, Veldeman L, Van den Broecke R, De Neve W Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research