Low cardiac and left anterior descending coronary artery dose achieved with left-sided multicatheter interstitial-accelerated partial breast irradiation

Studies have shown that an additional mean dose of 1  Gy to the heart can increase the relative risk of cardiac events. The purpose of this study was to quantify the dose delivered to the heart and left anterior descending artery (LAD) in a series of patients with left-sided breast cancer (BC) or ductal carcinoma in situ treated with multicatheter-ac celerated partial breast irradiation (MC-APBI) at a single institution.

Source: Brachytherapy - September 24, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jacob S. Witt, Robert W. Gao, Lisa J. Sudmeier, Stephen A. Rosenberg, David M. Francis, Charles R. Wallace, Rupak K. Das, Bethany M. Anderson Source Type: research