International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
Reem Ujaimi
Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaPublications
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Research
Comparison of the Dosimetric Parameters Obtained with Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) vs. Free-Breathing (FB) in Radiotherapy for Left- Sided Breast Cancer and Effect of Body Mass Index
Author(s): Rania Hashem*, Zaheeda Mulla, Afraa Abunar, Ayah Mouais, Nesreen Awad, Abdulhameed M Khasim, Raghdah Khadwardi, Yosra Badahdah, Mohammad Attar, Zayd Jastaniah and Reem Ujaimi
Objective: Radio-toxicity hazard in breast cancer patients becomes a large-scale concern, proportional to the epidemiological figures and the growing population of breast cancer survivors. The present study compared the dosimetric efficacy of Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH) using Active Breathing Coordinator (ABC) with Free-Breathing (FB) in left-sided breast cancer patients and explored patient-related factors associated with ABC efficacy. Methods: We reviewed the treatment plans for 17 women with left-sided breast cancer, who were treated with external beam radiotherapy using the ABC system, between 2018-2020. CT-simulation images were compared between the two treatment plans including FB and ABC-DIBH. The compared dose-volume parameters included Left Lung V20 (%), Left Lung V5 (%), mean and maximum left lung doses, Heart V25 (.. Read More»
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