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When do you use IMRT in breast radiotherapy?

Do you also use DIBH in these cases?
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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network
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We seldom use it. Our limited dosimetric experience shows that even though coverage of regional nodes improves, the V10 and V20 of the lung and the mean heart dose also increase. Thus, the small benefit of improved coverage (EORTC and Canadian data showed small improvement in DFS) has to be weighed ...

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