However, there is an increasing trend toward intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) techniques and VMAT. 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 In FinF and IMRT, there is a possibility to extend the field to the air outside the body to account for eventual changes of shape or swell of the breast tissue, but in Varian's Eclipse VMAT planning system the possibilities are limited to the use of an optimization bolus.
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Dosimetric effects of anatomical deformations and positioning errors in VMAT breast radiotherapy.
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