Helical Tomotherapy for APBI of prone-positioned patients
Kainz et al. IJROBP 74:275-82. 2009
- 10 plans upon the images of prone-positioned patients (38.5 Gy in 10 fractions)
- dosimetric compliance to RTOG-0413
- helical tomotherapy can provide conformal and uniform target-dose coverage simultaneous with
adequate sparing of critical structures
- only the
contralateral breast dose exceeded
RTOG0413 guidelines (D
max
=3.7 Gy)
DVH for a typical helical tomotherapy prone-breast APBI plan