Thank you for your quick response, Joe :-) I am searching for info beyond the basic, since IMRT hasn't been used for breast radiation much in the past. I have run across quite a bit in the 2 hours since I started my research....below are a few. I plan to ask my oncologist for copies of the articles i found, since you need an online subscription to view them.
The rad onc I saw today published a few papers about it as well.
But, please...if anyone has experienced this type of treatment or has more info, I'd also like to hear from you.
Val
Journal of Clinical Oncology
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The Use of Radiotherapy After Mastectomy: A Review of the Literature
Pierce J Clin Oncol.2005; 23: 1706-1717.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
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Intensity modulation for breast treatment using static multi-leaf collimators, v 46, pages 187-194
Yuan-Chyuan Lo, Gopika Yasuda, Thomas J. Fitzgerald and Marcia M. Urie
Intensity modulation to improve dose uniformity with tangential breast radiotherapy: Initial clinical experience, v48, Pages 1559-1568
Larry L. Kestin, Michael B. Sharpe, Robert C. Frazier, Frank A. Vicini, Di Yan, Richard C. Matter, Alvaro A. Martinez and John W. Wong
A comparison of different intensity modulation treatment techniques for tangential breast irradiation, v45, Pages 1305-1314
Sha X. Chang, Katharin M. Deschesne, Timothy J. Cullip, Stephanie A. Parker and Jon Earnhart
Radiotherapy and Oncology
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The delivery of intensity modulated radiotherapy to the breast using multiple static fields , v57, Pages 79-89
Philip M. Evans, Ellen M. Donovan, Mike Partridge, Peter J. Childs, David J. Convery, Sally Eagle, Vibeke N. Hansen, Bridget L. Suter and John R. Yarnold
An improved breast irradiation technique using three-dimensional geometrical information and intensity modulation, v 58, Pages 341-347
Bram van Asselen, Cornelis P. J. Raaijmakers, Pieter Hofman and Jan J. W. Lagendijk
Cardiac avoidance in breast radiotherapy: a comparison of simple shielding techniques with intensity-modulated radiotherapy, v60, Pages 247-255
David Landau, Elizabeth J. Adams, Steve Webb and Gillian Ross
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