[1] EBCTCG, Darby S, McGale P, et al. Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10801 women in 17 randomised trials. Lancet.2011;378(9804):1707-16. DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61629-2.
[2] Kheirelseid A, Jumustafa H, Miller N, et al. Bilateral breast cancer: analysis of incidence, outcome, survival and disease characteristics. Br Cancer Res Treat.2011;126(1):131–40. DOI:10.1007/s10549-010-1057-y.
[3] Michiels S, Poels K, Crijns W, et al. Volumetric modulated arc therapy of head-and-neck cancer on a fast-rotating o-ring linac: Plan quality and delivery time comparison with a c-arm linac. Radiother Oncol.2018;128(3):479-84. DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2018.04.021.
[4] Li T, Irmen P, Liu H, Shi W, Alonso-Basanta M, Zou W, et al. Dosimetric Performance and Planning/Delivery Efficiency of a Dual-Layer Stacked and Staggered MLC on Treating Multiple Small Targets: A Planning Study Based on Single-Isocenter Multi-Target Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) to Brain Metastases. Front Oncol. 2019; 9: 7. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00007
[5] Barsky AR, O'Grady F, Kennedy C, et al. Initial Clinical Experience Treating Patients with Breast Cancer on a 6-MV Flattening-Filter-Free O-Ring Linear Accelerator. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2019;4(4):571-8. DOI:10.1016/j.adro.2019.05.006.
[6] Flores-Martinez E, Kim GY, Yashar CM, Cerviño LI. Dosimetric study of the plan quality and dose to organs at risk on tangential breast treatments using the Halcyon linac. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2019; 20(7):58-67. DOI:10.1002/acm2.12655
[7] Li C, Chen J, Zhu J, et al. Plan quality comparison for cervical carcinoma treated with Halcyon and Trilogy intensity-modulated radiotherapy. J Cancer. 2019;10(24): 6135-41. DOI:10.7150/jca.32500.
[8] Seppälä J, Heikkilä J, Myllyoja K, et al. Volumetric modulated arc therapy for synchronous bilateral whole breast irradiation – a case study. Rep Pract Oncol Radiother. 2015;20(5):398–402. DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2015.05.011.
[9] Nicolini G, Clicio A, Fogliata A, et al. Simultaneous integrated boost radiotherapy for bilateral breast: a treatment planning and dosimetric comparison for volumetric modulated arc and fixed field intensity modulated therapy. Radiat Oncol. 2009;24(4):27. DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-4-27.
[10] Sun T, Lin X, Tong Y, et al. Heart and cardiac substructure dose sparing in synchronous bilateral breast radiotherapy: A dosimetric study of proton and photon radiation therapy. Front Oncol. 2019;9:1456. DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2019.01456.
[11] Boman E, Rossi M, Haltamo M, Skyttä T, Kapanen M. A new split arc VMAT technique for lymph node positive breast cancer. Phys Med. 2016;32(16):1428–36. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.10.012.
[12] Boman E, Maija Rossia M, Kapanen M. The robustness of dual isocenter VMAT radiation therapy for bilateral lymph node positive breast cancer. Phys Med.2017;14:11–7. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.11.006.
[13] Paddick IA. Simple scoring ratio to index the conformity of radiosurgical treatment plans, technical note. J Neurosurg.2000;93(S3):219–22. DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.93.supplement_3.0219.
[14] Wu, Q, Mohan, R, Morris M, et al. Simultaneous integrated boost intensity-modulated radiotherapy for locally advanced head-and-neck squamous cell carcinomas. I: dosimetric results. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2003;56(2):573–85. DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(02)04617-5.
[15] Hong TS, Tomé WA, Chappell RJ, et al. The impact of daily setup variations on head-and-neck intensity-modulated radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2005; 61(3):779-88. DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.07.696
[16] Topolnjak R, Sonke JJ, Nijkamp J, et al. Breast patient setup error assessment: comparison of electronic portal image devices and cone-beam computed tomography matching results. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010;78(4):1235–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.021
[17] Bahig H, Roussin É, Yassa M, et al. Partial kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography, complete kilovoltage cone beam computed tomography, and electronic portal images for breast radiation therapy: A dose-comparison study. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2015;5(5) :521-9. DOI:10.1016/j.prro.2015.02.009
[18] Rossi M, Boman E, Skyttä T, et al. Dosimetric effects of anatomical deformations and positioning errors in VMAT breast radiotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018;19(5):506-16. DOI:10.1002/acm2.12409
[19] Malajovich I, Teo BK, Petroccia H, et al. Characterization of the Megavoltage Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (MV-CBCT) System on Halcyon for IGRT: Image Quality Benchmark, Clinical Performance, and Organ Doses. Front Oncol 2019;9. DOI:10.3389/fonc.2019.00496
[20] Darby S, Ewertz M, McGale P, et al. Risk of ischemic heart disease in women after radiotherapy for breast cancer. N Engl J Med.2013;368(11):987–98. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1209825.
[21] Nilsson G, Holmberg L, Garmo H, et al. Distribution of coronary artery stenosis after radiation for breast cancer. J Clin Oncol.2012; 30(4):380–6. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.5900.
[22] van den Bogaard VA, Ta BD, van der Schaaf A, et al. Validation and modification of a prediction model for acute cardiac events in patients with breast Cancer treated with radiotherapy based on three-dimensional dose distributions to cardiac substructures. J Clin Oncol.2017;35(11):1171–8. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2016.69.8480.
[23] Piroth MD, Baumann R, Budach W, et al. Heart toxicity from breast cancer radiotherapy: Current findings, assessment, and prevention. Strahlenther Onkol. 2019; 195(1):1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s00066-018-1378-z.
[24] Fiorentino A, Mazzola R, Naccarato S, et al. Synchronous bilateral breast cancer irradiation: clinical and dosimetrical issues using volumetric modulated arc therapy and simultaneous integrated boost. Radiol Med.2017;122(6):464-471. DOI: 10.1007/s11547-017-0741-y.
[25] O'Grady F, Barsky AR, Anamalayil S, et al. Increase in superficial dose in whole-breast irradiation with Halcyon straight-through linac compared with traditional C-arm linac with flattening filter: in vivo dosimetry and planning study. Adv Radiat Oncol.2019;5(1):120-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2019.07.011.
[26] Xiao Y, Kry SF, Popple R, et al. Flattening filter-free accelerators: A report from the AAPM Therapy Emerging Technology Assessment Work Group. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2015;16(3):5219. DOI:10.1120/jacmp.v16i3.5219.
[27] Mesbahi A. Dosimetric characteristics of unflattened 6 mv photon beams of a clinical linear accelerator: A Monte Carlo study. Appl Radiat Isot. 2007;65(9):1029-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2007.04.023.
[28] Schmidhalter D, Malthaner M, Born EJ, et al. Assessment of patient setup errors in IGRT in combination with a six degrees of freedom couch. Z Med Phys. 2014;24(2): 307-13.DOI:10.1016/j.zemedi.2013.11.002
[29] Hyde D, Lochray F, Korol R, et al. Spine stereotactic body radiotherapy utilizing cone-beam CT image-guidance with a robotic couch: intrafraction motion analysis accounting for all six degrees of freedom. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012 Mar 01;82(3):555-62. DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.06.1980
[30] Ma Z, Zhang W, Su Y, et al. Optical Surface Management System for Patient Positioning in Interfractional Breast Cancer Radiotherapy. Biomed Res Int. 2018:6415497. DOI: 10.1155/2018/6415497.
[31] Hamming VC, Visser C, Batin E, et al. Evaluation of a 3D surface imaging system for deep inspiration breath-hold patient positioning and intra-fraction monitoring. Radiat Oncol. 2019;14(1):125. DOI:10.1186/s13014-019-1329-6
[32] Bergom C, Currey A, Desai N, Tai A, Strauss JB. Deep inspiration breath hold: techniques and advantages for cardiac sparing during breast cancer irradiation. Front Oncol. 2018; 8:87. DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00087
[33] Kunheri B, Kotne S, Nair SS, Makuny D. A dosimetric analysis of cardiac dose with or without active breath coordinator moderate deep inspiratory breath hold in left sided breast cancer radiotherapy. J Cancer Res Ther. 2017; 13(1):56-61. DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_1414_16
[34] Mohamad O, Shiao J, Zhao B, Roach K, Ramirez E, Vo D, et al. Deep inspiration breath-hold for left-sided breast cancer patients with unfavorable cardiac anatomy requiring internal mammary nodal irradiation. Pract Radiat Oncol. 2017; 7(6): e361–7. DOI: 10.1016/j.prro.2017.04.006
[35] Nicolini G, Fogliata A, Clivio A, Vanetti E, Cozzi L. Planning strategies in volumetric modulated arc therapy for breast. Med Phys.2011;38(7):4025-31. DOI: 10.1118/1.3598442.
[36] Tyran M, Tallet A, Resbeut M, et al. Safety and benefit of using a virtual bolus during treatment planning for breast cancer treated with arc therapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018;19(5):463-72. DOI:10.1002/acm2.12398