Measurement of mean cardiac dose for various breast irradiation techniques and corresponding risk of major cardiovascular event.

Measurement of mean cardiac dose for various breast irradiation techniques and corresponding risk of major cardiovascular event.

After breast conserving surgery, early stage breast cancer patients are currently treated with a wide range of radiation techniques including whole breast irradiation (WBI), accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, or 3D conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT)....

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Main Authors: Tomas Rodrigo Merino Lara, Emmanuelle eFleury, Shahram eMashouf, Joelle eHelou, Claire eMcCann, Mark eRuschin, Anthony eKim, Nadiya eMakhani, Jean-Philippe ePignol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
Breast Neoplasms
Coronary Disease
Radiotherapy
dosimetric modeling
accelerated partial breast irradiation
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2014.00284/full

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