THE INFLUENCE OF BREAST SIZE ON LATE RADIATION EFFECTS AND ASSOCIATION WITH RADIOTHERAPY DOSE INHOMOGENEITY

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作者
MOODY, AM
MAYLES, WPM
BLISS, JM
AHERN, RP
OWEN, JR
REGAN, J
BROAD, B
YARNOLD, JR
机构
[1] ROYAL MARSDEN HOSP,DEPT RADIOTHERAPY & ONCOL,SUTTON SM2 5PT,SURREY,ENGLAND
[2] ROYAL MARSDEN HOSP,DEPT PHYS,SUTTON SM2 5PT,SURREY,ENGLAND
[3] INST CANC RES,EPIDEMIOL SECT,SUTTON SM2 5NG,SURREY,ENGLAND
[4] ROYAL MARSDEN HOSP,DEPT COMP,LONDON SW3 6JJ,ENGLAND
[5] CHELTENHAM GEN HOSP,DEPT RADIOTHERAPY & ONCOL,CHELTENHAM GL53 7AN,GLOS,ENGLAND
关键词
BREAST CANCER; LATE RADIATION EFFECT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSE INHOMOGENEITY;
D O I
10.1016/0167-8140(94)90063-9
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
A prospective assessment of late changes in breast appearance in 559 patients after tumour excision and radiotherapy for early breast cancer noted a strong association with breast size. Only 3/48 (6%) patients with small breasts developed moderate or severe late changes compared with 94/423 (22%) with medium sized breasts and 34/88 (39%) patients with large breasts (p < 0.001), One possibility is that greater radiation changes are related to greater dose inhomogeneity in women with large breasts. To explore this hypothesis, radiation dose distributions were assessed in a separate group of 37 women in whom three-level transverse computer tomographic images of the breast in the treatment position were available. A significant correlation was found between breast size and dose inhomogeneity which may account for the marked changes in breast appearance reported in women with large breasts.
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页码:106 / 112
页数:7
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