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When treating patients with whole breast RT with a sequential boost, what technique to you use for the boost when treating patients prone for whole breast irradiation?

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Radiation Oncology · New York University School of Medicine

At NYU, we treat the vast majority of our patients in the prone position and use a number of techniques for the boost. We most commonly treat with mini-tangents in the prone position. We'll often use a combination of 6 and 16MV to help spare the breast lateral or medial to the involved tumor bed. We...

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