Minimizing a tricky situation in breast irradiation with helical tomotherapy.
We report on a patient with breast cancer undergoing adjuvant intensity-modulated whole breast and lymph node irradiation with static angle tomotherapy (TomoDirect), who experienced a traumatic ipsilateral humeral fracture and was able to continue radiotherapy with helical tomotherapy and daily dosimetric monitoring by means of the Planned Adaptive module.
Pierfrancesco
P
Franco
Michele
M
Zeverino
Fernanda
F
Migliaccio
Paolo
P
Torielli
Veronica
V
Angelini
Piera
P
Sciacero
Giuseppe
G
Girelli
Domenico
D
Cante
Cecilia
C
Arrichiello
Valeria
V
Casanova Borca
Gianmauro
G
Numico
Maria Rosa
MR
La Porta
Santi
S
Tofani
Umberto
U
Ricardi
D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D061089:Radiotherapy, Image-Guided / Q000379:methods*; D050397:Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / Q000379:methods*