Doses to internal organs for various breast radiation techniques - implications on the risk of secondary cancers and cardiomyopathy

Table 2 Dose to various organs for various breast radiotherapy techniques.

Technique	PBSI	HDR (catheters)	Wedge	IMRT	3D-CRT
Treated Breast	90 Gy	34 Gy	50 Gy	50 Gy	38.5 Gy
Contralateral Breast	2.2 mSv	230 mSv	1695 mSv	206 mSv	140 mSv
Spleen	44 mSv	1171 mSv	2300 mSv	810 mSv	130 mSv
Ipsilateral lung	790 mSv	2471 mSv	582 mSv	121 mSv	80 mSv
Heart (LAD)	0.7 Gy	3.6 Gy	2.7 Gy	1.1 Gy	0.7 Gy

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