In your experience, is a bra worn during radiation treatment for large-breasted patients ever beneficial?
Is a bra that can be worn during treatment and indexed ever advisable for patients with large breasts who are otherwise unable to do prone treatment?
Are there downsides (e.g., increased scatter) to industrially created radiation bras? If so, what other methods to create space at the inframammary fold should be considered?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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I have used styrofoam wedges in the infra-mammary fold to reduce the effect of skin folds. I would suggest placing these wedges in a fixed position with markings to help reproduce the position.
It's also important to realize that in order to reduce the risk of treatment-related morbidity, one can als...
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