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Breast Cancer
New findings from St. Bartholomew's Hospital in the area of breast cancer published
June 11th, 2009
"New technology - specifically intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) - is now being applied to breast radiotherapy and a recent dosimetric analysis confirmed the advantages of IMRT over 'wedge-only' plans. Such application to everyday practice raises new issues and here we present the early experience of IMRT-based breast irradiation in a single centre," scientists in London, the United Kingdom report. "We present cases of breast cancer treated by Tomotherapy (R)-based IMRT, where the perceived advantages of IMRT are considerable. Cases presented are bilateral disease, left breast irradiation, pectus excavatum, prominent contralateral prosthesis and internal mammary...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-11)
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