2021
Benefit of Deep Inspiratory Breath Hold for Right Breast Cancer When Regional Lymph Nodes Are Irradiated
Peters GW, Gao SJ, Knowlton C, Zhang A, Evans SB, Higgins S, Wilson LD, Saltmarsh N, Picone M, Moran MS. Benefit of Deep Inspiratory Breath Hold for Right Breast Cancer When Regional Lymph Nodes Are Irradiated. Practical Radiation Oncology 2021, 12: e7-e12. PMID: 34508890, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2021.08.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight-sided breast cancerRegional nodal irradiationLiver VBreast cancerLung VDIBH plansLiver parametersLung doseComprehensive regional nodal irradiationLeft-sided breast cancerRight breast cancerWilcoxon signed-rank testingRegional lymph nodesTotal liver volumeIpsilateral lung VLiver DHeart VNodal irradiationRBC patientsHeart doseLymph nodesInspiratory breathLiver volumeLarge cohortTreatment plan
2019
Standard Tangential Radiation Fields Do Not Provide Incidental Coverage to the Internal Mammary Nodes
Loganadane G, Kassick M, Kann BH, Young MR, Knowlton CA, Evans SB, Higgins SA, Belkacemi Y, Potenziani M, Saltmarsh N, Wilson LD, Moran MS. Standard Tangential Radiation Fields Do Not Provide Incidental Coverage to the Internal Mammary Nodes. Practical Radiation Oncology 2019, 10: 21-28. PMID: 31394256, DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2019.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternal mammary nodesClinical target volumePlanning target volumeIMN chainMean doseTangential radiation fieldsTarget volumePostmastectomy radiationMammary nodesRadiation therapyAdjuvant whole breast radiation therapyWhole breast radiation therapyRegional nodal radiationConformal radiation therapyNodal radiationPrimary endpointMedian doseTherapeutic coverageStudy cohortTherapeutic dosesBreast cancerIncidental doseAxillary fieldKruskal-Wallis testSupraclavicular field