A review on fetal dose in radiotherapy: a historical to contemporary perspective

YM Wong, CWY Koh, KS Lew, CGA Chua, W Nei… - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to review on fetal dose in radiotherapy and extends and updates on a
previous work 1 to include proton therapy. Out-of-field doses, which are the doses received …

Estimation and reduction of the radiation dose to the fetus from external-beam radiotherapy

M Mazonakis, J Damilakis - Physica Medica, 2017 - Elsevier
The appearance of a malignant disease during pregnancy is relatively rare. The use of
external-beam radiation therapy is limited to non-pelvic tumors which are usually located …

New therapeutic options for breast cancer during pregnancy

S Loibl - Breast Care, 2008 - karger.com
National and international guidelines for pregnant breast cancer patients recommend to
treat pregnant patients as closely as possible to the standards for non-pregnant patients …

Doses to critical organs following radiotherapy and concomitant imaging of the larynx and breast

RM Harrison, M Wilkinson, DJ Rawlings… - The British Journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The development of conformal radiotherapy carries with it the implication of an increased
number of imaging procedures at various stages throughout the overall treatment, principally …

Breast cancer during pregnancy: medical therapy and prognosis

A Surbone, F Peccatori, N Pavlidis, S Aebi… - Cancer and …, 2008 - Springer
The pathological features of breast cancer diagnosed during pregnancy have been
analyzed in numerous studies. Because of the retrospective nature of such studies and the …

Fetal dose estimation for Virtual Tangential-fields Arc Therapy whole breast irradiation by optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters

F Dusi, F Guida, ENV Garcia, MA Rossato, A Germani… - Physica Medica, 2022 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed tumor in pregnant women and radiation
therapy should carefully be weighted up because of the dose to the fetus. The aim of this …

Measurement of peripheral dose to the pelvic region and the associated risk for cancer development after breast intraoperative electron radiation therapy

SR Mahdavi, M Tutuni, B Farhood… - Journal of …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This study aimed to measure the received dose to the pelvic region of patients during breast
intraoperative electron radiation therapy (IOERT). Furthermore, we compared the findings …

Investigation of conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy techniques to determine the absorbed fetal dose in pregnant patients with breast cancer

A Öğretici, U Akbaş, C Köksal, H Bilge - Medical Dosimetry, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this research was to investigate the fetal doses of pregnant patients undergoing
conformal radiotherapy or intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for breast cancers …

Fetal dose estimation for pregnant breast cancer patients during radiotherapy using an in-house phantom

M Shirkhani, S Heydarheydari… - Middle East Journal …, 2020 - mejc.sums.ac.ir
Background: Up to 3% of breast cancers may be diagnosed in pregnancy, during which
period radiation therapy is not preferred, yet sometimes inevitable. Due to fetal radiation …

A phantom study on fetal dose reducing factors in pregnant patients with breast cancer during radiotherapy treatment

A Öğretici, A Çakır, U Akbaş, C Köksal… - Journal of Medical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the factors that reduce fetal dose in pregnant
patients with breast cancer throughout their radiation treatment. Two main factors in a …