ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022
Different meaning of the mean heart dose between 3D-CRT and IMRT for breast cancer radiotherapy.
Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Attributable fraction of cardiac disease following radiotherapy among breast cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of radiation research · 2026Pooled it
- Heart Substructure Radiation Dose and Cardiac Outcomes: Contemporary Evidence and Actionable Opportunities: JACC CardioOncology State-of-the-Art Review.JACC. CardioOncology · 2026Review
- Radiation exposure and clinical validation of autosegmentation models for the supraventricular cardiac conduction system in breast cancer radiotherapy: an institutional perspective.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Article
- Cardiac substructure dose distributions in node-positive and node-negative breast cancer patients undergoing 3D-CRT: comparing the predictive accuracy of mean heart dose and mean left ventricular dose.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Heart is a heavy burden: cardiac toxicity in radiation oncology.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Review
- Impact of Reference Selection on Gamma Analysis in Patient-Specific Quality Assurance for Monte Carlo-Based Treatment Planning Systems.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2024Article
- Deep Inspiration Breath Hold for Cardiac Sparing: No Deep Pockets Required.JACC. CardioOncology · 2024Article
- Optimizing Helical Tomotherapy for Left-Sided Breast Cancer: A Retrospective Dosimetric Study of a Novel Virtual Organ-Arc Block.Technology in cancer research & treatmentArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Previous studies in 2D and in 3D conformal radiotherapy concludes that the maximal heart distance and the mean heart dose (MHD) are considered predictive of late cardiac toxicities. As the use of inverse-planned intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is increasing worldwide, we hypothesized that this 3D MHD might not be representative of heart exposure after IMRT for breast cancer (BC). Methods: Patients with left-sided BC and unfavorable cardiac anatomy received IMRT. Their treatment plan was compared to a virtual treatment plan for 3D conformal radiotherapy with similar target volume coverage (study A). Then, a second 3D conformal treatment plan was generated to achieve equivalent individual MHD obtained by IMRT. Then the heart and left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery exposures were analyzed (study B). Last, the relationship between MHD and the heart volume or LAD coronary artery volume receiving at least 30Gy, 40Gy and 45Gy in function of each additional 1Gy to the MHD was assessed (study C). Results: A significant decrease of heart and LAD coronary artery exposure to high dose was observed with the IMRT compared with the 3D conformal radiotherapy plans that both ensured adequate target coverage (study A). The results of study B and C showed that 3D MHD was not representative of similar heart substructure exposure with IMRT, especially in the case of high dose exposure. Conclusions: The mean heart dose is not a representative dosimetric parameter to assess heart exposure following IMRT. Equivalent MHD values following IMRT and 3DRT BC treatment do not represent the same dose distribution leading to extreme caution when using this parameter for IMRT plan validation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.