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Barnett, G.C., Wilkinson, J., Moody, A.M., Wilson, C.B., Sharma, R., Klager, S., Hoole, A.C.F., Twyman, N., Burnet, N.G. and Coles, C.E. (2009) A Randomised Controlled Trial of Forward-Planned Radiotherapy (IMRT) for Early Breast Cancer: Baseline Characteristics and Dosimetry Results. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 92, 34-41.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2009.03.003

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• TITLE: Use of Three Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy for Node Positive Breast Cancer Does Not Result in Excess Lung and Heart Irradiation

  AUTHORS: Phillip Prior, Irina Sparks, J. Frank Wilson, Joseph Bovi, Adam Currey, Julie Bradley, Tracy Kelly, X. Allen Li, Julia R White

  KEYWORDS: Node Positive Breast Cancer, Dose-Volume Goals, Target Coverage, CT Based Planning

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology, Vol.6 No.1, January 11, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Purpose: This work evaluates the use of target and organs at risk (OAR) dose-volume goals in 3D conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) planning for node positive breast cancer (NPBC) patients undergoing regional nodal irradiation after lumpectomy/mastectomy. Methods: Dosimetric data for 262 NPBC patients receiving regional nodal and whole breast/chest wall (WB/CW) irradiation from 2000-2009 were analyzed. In all cases, target & OAR volumes were delineated on treatment CT scans for field generation and dose-volume histograms (DVHs) were generated. Cases were analyzed to identify how frequently they met treatment planning institutional dose-volume goals (“institutional guidelines” & standardized in 2005) and how this would affect OAR doses. Results: The incidence of cases from 2000-2009 meeting current institutional guidelines improved over the study period. Target coverage improved from 2005-2009, when guidelines were followed as a part of the plan approval. Those cases from 2000-2004 meeting acceptable target goals were found to be significantly different from those cases from 2005-2009 (p Conclusions: The use of institutional guidelines in 3DCRT for WB/CW and regional nodal irradiation for NPBC patients improved target coverage without a statistically significant increase in heart and lung doses.