ArticleCureus2020
Radiation-Induced Rib Fractures on Magnetic Resonance Imaging Following Proton Therapy for Breast Cancer With Pencil Beam Scanning.
Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Clinical advances and challenges in dose constraints for organs at risk in proton therapy: A systematic review of the last decade's literature.Precision radiation oncology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Radiation-induced rib fractures (RIRF) are long-term complications associated with irradiation of the chest/chest wall. RIRFs are commonly seen in lung- or breast-cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) or conventional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), respectively. We report a case of a 31-year-old female presenting with pathological fractures of the third, fourth, and fifth ribs discovered on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a complication from pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy (PT), of the whole left breast and regional lymph nodes. To our knowledge, this presentation is the first to be initially reported on MRI in radiological literature.
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