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1Department of Radiotherapy,Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, 2Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences,University of Surrey, 3Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit (ICR-CTSU),Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK, 4Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging,Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, UK
Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 02:45Radiotherapy Clinic
- 03:32Radiotherapy Planning-CT Session
- 05:50Radiotherapy Treatment Planning & Setup
- 08:11Radiotherapy Treatment Delivery
- 09:18Results: Voluntary Breath-hold Technique
- 10:41Conclusion
The current priority in breast cancer radiotherapy is to reduce cardiac doses without compromising target tissue coverage. The voluntary breath-hold technique described here is a simple, inexpensive solution to this problem and capable of being instituted widely without the need for specialized equipment.
