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What positions and immobilization strategies do you use to minimize breast and heart dose when treating axillary and mediastinal nodes in young women with large breasts who require consolidative radiation (ISRT) for Hodgkins lympoma?

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Radiation Oncology · UCSD Radiation Oncology

With photon based radiotherapy, I would use a 30 degree slant board if available, deep inspiration breath hold and partial arcs with avoidance parameters for the heart, lungs and breast. The other alternative here is protons.

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