Image-guided volumetric modulated arc therapy for breast cancer: a feasibility study and plan comparison with three-dimensional conformal and intensity-modulated …

H Badakhshi, D Kaul, J Nadobny, B Wille… - The British journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To test the feasibility of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in breast cancer
and to compare it with three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) as conventional …

Volumetric modulated arc therapy improves dosimetry and reduces treatment time compared to conventional intensity-modulated radiotherapy for locoregional …

CC Popescu, IA Olivotto, WA Beckham… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) is a novel extension of conventional
intensity-modulated radiotherapy (cIMRT), in which an optimized three-dimensional dose …

Dosimetric trade-offs in breast treatment with VMAT technique

A Fogliata, J Seppälä, G Reggiori… - The British Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Objective: Breast planning with volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) has been
explored, especially for left-sided breast treatments, with the primary intent of lowering the …

[HTML][HTML] Fully automated volumetric modulated arc therapy technique for radiation therapy of locally advanced breast cancer

L Marrazzo, L Redapi, R Pellegrini, P Voet, I Meattini… - Radiation …, 2023 - Springer
Background This study aimed to evaluate an a-priori multicriteria plan optimization algorithm
(mCycle) for locally advanced breast cancer radiation therapy (RT) by comparing …

Impact of volumetric modulated arc therapy technique on treatment with partial breast irradiation

JJ Qiu, Z Chang, QJ Wu, S Yoo, J Horton… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To investigate the technical feasibility of volumetric modulated arc therapy (V-
MAT) in the delivery of partial breast irradiation (PBI). METHODS AND MATERIALS: V-MAT …

Hybrid volumetric modulated arc therapy for whole breast irradiation: a dosimetric comparison of different arc designs

V Ramasubramanian, K Balaji… - La radiologia …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose To find an optimal arc design for hybrid volumetric modulated arc therapy (H-
VMAT), a combination of conventional 3DCRT and VMAT plans for left-sided whole breast …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of dosimetric parameters of volumetric modulated arc therapy and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy in postmastectomy patients with …

SP Sudha, R Seenisamy… - Journal of cancer research …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Our study was undertaken to compare the dosimetric parameters of volumetric
modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) in …

Comparison of semiautomated tangential VMAT with 3 DCRT for breast or chest wall and regional nodes

M Byrne, B Archibald‐Heeren, Y Hu… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Radiotherapy to the breast after surgery sometimes requires adjoining nodes to be included
in the treatment volume. In these cases, the traditional approach has been a complex 3 …

[HTML][HTML] Critical appraisal of the role of volumetric modulated arc therapy in the radiation therapy management of breast cancer

L Cozzi, F Lohr, A Fogliata, D Franceschini… - Radiation …, 2017 - Springer
Background The aim of this review is the critical appraisal of the current use of volumetric
modulated arc therapy for the radiation therapy management of breast cancer. Both clinical …

Locoregional breast radiotherapy including IMN: optimizing the dose distribution using an automated non-coplanar VMAT-technique

J Frengen, J Vikström, I Mjaaland, M Funderud… - Acta …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) offers better conformity,
homogeneity and sparing of the heart and ipsilateral lung for locoregional radiotherapy in …