ArticleLa Radiologia medica2019
Hybrid volumetric modulated arc therapy for whole breast irradiation: a dosimetric comparison of different arc designs.
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- Objective-function-guided automated VMAT planning reduces OAR dose, low-dose exposure, and inter-planner variability in breast radiotherapy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Dosimetric Comparison of Five Radiotherapy Techniques in Left-Sided Breast Cancer Patients Following Breast-Conserving Surgery.The breast journal · 2026Article
- Dosimetric comparison of 3D-conformal radiotherapy, volumetric modulated arc therapy, and h-VMAT in left breast radiotherapy under free-breathing and breath-hold conditions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Comparison of whole breast dosimetry techniques - From 3DCRT to VMAT and the impact on heart and surrounding tissues.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2022Article
- Hybrid volumetric modulated arc therapy for hypofractionated radiotherapy of breast cancer: a treatment planning study.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2021Article
- Apparent diffusion coefficient magnetic resonance imaging (ADC-MRI) in the axillary breast cancer lymph node metastasis detection: a narrative review.Gland surgery · 2020Review
- Hybrid planning techniques for hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation using flattening filter-free beams.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo find an optimal arc design for hybrid volumetric modulated arc therapy (H-VMAT), a combination of conventional 3DCRT and VMAT plans for left-sided whole breast radiation therapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A total of 26 left-sided early-stage breast cancer patients were selected for this study. To find the superior plan, H-VMAT with three different arc designs including, two partial arcs (2A), four partial arcs (4A) and four tangential arcs (TA) were created for each study case by combining 3DCRT and VMAT with 75% 3DCRT/25% VMAT dose proportion of prescription dose.
resultsAll H-VMAT plans achieved the expected target coverage. A higher conformity index and homogeneity index were achieved for 2A and 4A H-VMAT plans and significantly differ from TA H-VMAT (p < 0.003). The heart and ipsilateral lung dose parameters were comparable among all plans except heart V
conclusion2A and 4A H-VMAT techniques are effective in improving the PTV dosimetric parameters as well as reducing the OAR doses. Further, 2A H-VMAT delivers less MU and beam-on time compared to 4A H-VMAT.
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