Deep inspiration breath hold in the prone position retracts the heart from the breast and internal mammary lymph node region.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.09.030.
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Abstract
Deep inspiration breath hold in the prone position causes a caudal shift of the heart away from the nearly unmodified breast and internal mammary lymph node region, suggesting better heart protection for left-sided whole breast irradiation with or without regional nodal radiotherapy.
Medical subject headings
- Breast
- Breast Neoplasms
- Breath Holding
- Heart