ArticleThe British journal of radiology2021
Safely achieving single prolonged breath-holds of > 5 minutes for radiotherapy in the prone, front crawl position.
Article in The British journal of radiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Reproducibility of repeated breathhold and impact of breathhold failure in whole breast and regional nodal irradiation in prone crawl position.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Prolonging breath-hold duration in radiotherapy using cognitive engagement.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2027Article
- Efficacy of preoxygenation administration in volunteers, in extending the end-expiration breath-hold duration for application to abdominal radiotherapy.Technical innovations & patient support in radiation oncology · 2023Article
- Shortening the preparation time of the single prolonged breath-hold for radiotherapy sessions.The British journal of radiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveBreast cancer radiotherapy is increasingly delivered supine with multiple, short breath-holds. There may be heart and lung sparing advantages for locoregional breast cancer of both prone treatment and in a single breath-hold. We test here whether single prolonged breath-holds are possible in the prone, front crawl position.
methods19 healthy volunteers were trained to deliver supine, single prolonged breath-holds with pre-oxygenation and hypocapnia. We tested whether all could achieve the same durations in the prone, front crawl position.
results19 healthy volunteers achieved supine, single prolonged breath-holds for mean of 6.2 ± 0.3 min. All were able to hold safely for the same duration while prone (6.1 ± 0.2 min
conclusionSingle prolonged (>5 min) breath-holds are equally possible in the prone, front crawl position. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE: Prolonged breath-holds in the front crawl position are possible and have the same durations as in the supine position. Such training would therefore be feasible for some patients with breast cancer requiring loco-regional irradiation. It would have obvious advantages for hypofractionation.
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