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Do you routinely treat the anterior oblique breast suprclav field with 6MV photons or do you use a higher dose, such as 10+ MV?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

In the era of 3D planning to cover axilla and s/c area in breast cancer use of high or mixed energy to cover nodes is very common as they are deeper than what can be covered with 6MV without exceeding hot spots size and volume

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