Multileaf Collimation Cardiac Shielding in Breast Radiotherapy: Cardiac Doses are Reduced, But at What Cost?

FR Bartlett; JR Yarnold; EM Donovan; PM Evans; I Locke; AM Kirby

doi:10.1016/j.clon.2013.09.002

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Multileaf Collimation Cardiac Shielding in Breast Radiotherapy: Cardiac Doses are Reduced, But at What Cost?

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Multileaf Collimation Cardiac Shielding in Breast Radiotherapy: Cardiac Doses are Reduced, But at What Cost?

FR Bartlett, JR Yarnold, EM Donovan, PM Evans, I Locke and AM Kirby

Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), Vol.25(12), pp.690-696

12/2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clon.2013.09.002

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Breast cancer

cardiac dose

cardiac shielding

radiotherapy

target tissue coverage

To measure cardiac tissue doses in left-sided breast cancer patients receiving supine tangential field radiotherapy with multileaf collimation (MLC) cardiac shielding of the heart and to assess the effect on target volume coverage.

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Title: Multileaf Collimation Cardiac Shielding in Breast Radiotherapy: Cardiac Doses are Reduced, But at What Cost?
Creators: FR Bartlett
JR Yarnold
EM Donovan
PM Evans
I Locke
AM Kirby
Publication Details: Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), Vol.25(12), pp.690-696
Date published: 12/2013
Date submitted: 10/12/2014
Identifiers: 99514591102346
Academic Unit: School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Multileaf Collimation Cardiac Shielding in Breast Radiotherapy: Cardiac Doses are Reduced, But at What Cost?

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