Breast boost vector: a new metric proposed to optimise isocentre location in an fIMRT–VMAT hybrid technique for a simultaneous integrated boost in breast radiotherapy
Abstract:Purpose:
Evaluating the improvements of placing the treatment isocentre at the boost centre of mass (CoM) in a hybrid treatment for breast cancer radiotherapy.
Material and methods:
Twenty-two patients were planned in two isocentre locations with two forward intensity-modulated radiation therapy (fIMRT) tangentials to the breast and a volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) to the boost. A simultaneous integrated boost technique was used. Breast Boost (BB) Vector was investigated as a cr… Show more
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