A dosimetric and radiobiological evaluation of VMAT following mastectomy for patients with left-sided breast cancer.

Radiat Oncol · 2021 · PMC8422660 · PMID 34488817

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As opposed to IMRT plans, VMAT delivered a lower mean dose to the ipsilateral lung (11.5 Gy vs 12.6 Gy) and heart (5.2 Gy vs 6.0 Gy) and significantly reduced the V 5 , V 10 , V 20, V 30, and V 40 of the ipsilateral lung and heart; only the differences in V 5 of the ipsilateral lung did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.409).

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