Incidental dose distribution to locoregional lymph nodes of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy with tomotherapy - is it time to adjust current contouring guidelines to the radiation technique?

Incidental dose distribution to locoregional lymph nodes of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy with tomotherapy - is it time to adjust current contouring guidelines to the radiation technique?

Abstract Purpose/objective(s) Along with breast-conserving surgery (BCS), adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) of patients with early breast cancer plays a crucial role in the oncologic treatment concept. Conventionally, irradiation is carried out with the aid of tangentially arranged fields. However, more mo...

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Main Authors: Michael Mayinger, Kai Joachim Borm, Constantin Dreher, Hendrik Dapper, Marciana-Nona Duma, Markus Oechsner, Severin Kampfer, Stephanie Elisabeth Combs, Daniel Habermehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Subjects:
Tomotherapy
Breast cancer
Contouring guidelines
Incidental dose
Locoregional lymph nodes
Adjuvant radiotherapy
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13014-019-1328-7

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