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Table 1 Dose constraints employed during the planning process

From: Incidental dose distribution to locoregional lymph nodes of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy with tomotherapy - is it time to adjust current contouring guidelines to the radiation technique?

 

TT

3DCRT /3DCRT-DIBH

Mean Age Tumor stage

55.5 (± 5.8)

61.6 (± 9.4)

pTis

0

4

pT1a

1

4

pT1b

9

6

pT1c

15

9

pT2

5

1

PT3

0

1

ypT0

0

5

Tumor quadrant

 Upper outer

16

14

 Upper inner

4

5

 Retro/perimammillary

6

5

 Lower outer

3

4

 Lower inner

1

2

Type of surgery

 BCS

30

29

 mastectomy (immediate reconstruction)

0

1

Boost

simultaneous

Sequential

 Boost dose

28 × 2.25 Gy

5 × 2 Gy (n = 4)

8 × 2 Gy (n = 26)

Site of treatment

 left

15 (50%)

30 (100%)

 right

15 (50%)

0 (0%)