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Do you offer hypofractionated accelerated whole breast radiation therapy for women receiving trastuzumab during RT, particularly those with left sided primaries?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
In the modern era for breast RT the radiation field should not be transversing through heart (a conformal block, the prone position or DIBH technique can help prevent radiation to the heart) and with one of these techniques mean heart dose is 1 to 2 Gy (most of this dose comes from scatter or transm...
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Radiation Oncology · Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
The new ASTRO guideline on whole breast fractionation recently published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO) concluded that the decision to offer hypofractionation should be independent of breast laterality and independent of chemotherapy received prior to radiation or trastuzumab or endocrine the...