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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer research has been reported by H. Stranzl et al
August 28th, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in Graz, Austria conducted a study "To evaluate the impact of deep inspiration breath-hotd (DIBH) technique during postoperative Left-sided tangential breast irradiation on minimizing irradiated heart amount compared to normal breathing. In 22 patients with Left-sided breast cancer, postoperative CT scanning was performed in different respiratory phases using the Varian Real-time Position Management System (TM) for monitoring of respiratory chest wall motion." "Each patient underwent two CT scans: during normal breathing and DIBH. For each scan, an optimized plan was designed with tangential photon fields encompassing the clinical...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-28)
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