Significant reductions in heart and lung doses using semi lateral decubitus techniques for left sided breast cancer patients: A comparative dosimetric study with supine techniques

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8752253	Alexandria Journal of Medicine	2017	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Semi-lateral decubitus techniques with and without breath hold for left sided breast cancer patients significantly reduce the dosimetric parameters of the heart and ipsilateral lung compared to supine technique with comparable target dose coverage.

Keywords

DIBH IMRT CTV PTV RSD RTOG ICRU Cardiac sparing 3DCRT DVH ILD Deep Inspiration Breath Hold organs at risk Planning target volume Breast irradiation computed tomography Clinical target volume OARS Radiotherapy Homogeneity index Breath hold Dose volume histograms Intensity modulated radiotherapy