Cardiotoxicity Associated with Radiation for Breast Cancer

Leonard K.L., Wazer D.E. (2019). In: Wright J. (eds) Toxicities of Radiation Treatment for Breast Cancer. Springer, Cham

“Strategies to reduce cardiac dose, including deep inspiration breath hold, prone positioning, partial breast irradiation, and proton therapy should be considered, particularly in women at high risk for cardiotoxicity. Based on available data, most current protocols recommend limiting mean cardiac dose and the dose to 5% and 10% of the cardiac volume.”

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-11620-0_7

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