RTOG Chest Wall Contouring Guidelines for Post-Mastectomy Radiation Therapy: Is It Evidence-Based?

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5. Dosimetric evaluation of VMAT and helical tomotherapy techniques comparing conventional volumes with clinical target volumes based on new ESTRO ACROP post-mastectomy with immediate implant reconstruction contouring guidelines.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2022
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6. Effects of Tumor-Rib Distance and Dose-Dependent Rib Volume on Radiation-Induced Rib Fractures in Patients with Breast Cancer.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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7. Proton Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Consensus Statement From the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group Breast Cancer Subcommittee.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2021
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8. Redefining postmastectomy radiation contouring in the era of immediate breast reconstruction: An accurate assessment of local recurrence risk.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2021
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9. Pattern of local recurrence after mastectomy and reconstruction in breast cancer patients: a systematic review.Gland surgery · 2021
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10. Winter is over: The use of Artificial Intelligence to individualise radiation therapy for breast cancer.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2020
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11. Patterns of Chest Wall Recurrence and Suggestions on the Clinical Target Volume of Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of 121 Postmastectomy Patients.Cancer management and research · 2020
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13. Post-mastectomy intensity modulated proton therapy after immediate breast reconstruction: Initial report of reconstruction outcomes and predictors of complications.Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology · 2019
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14. Radiotherapy after skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction in intermediate-risk breast cancer : Indication and technical considerations.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2019
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15. HALFMOON TomoTherapy (Helical ALtered Fractionation for iMplant partial OmissiON): implant-sparing post-mastectomy radiotherapy reshaping the clinical target volume in the reconstructed breast.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2019
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17. Disparities in the Use of Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy for Inflammatory Breast Cancer.International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics · 2016
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19. Dosimetry and Toxicity Outcomes in Patients Treated with Hypofractionated Regional Nodal Irradiation for Breast Cancer: What is the Best Dose-Volume Limit to Minimize Risks of Radiation Pneumonitis?Practical radiation oncology
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