Evaluation of the Effect of Axillary Radiotherapy Dose and the Development of Lymphedema in Breast Cancer Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The present study is aiming to correlate different radiotherapy techniques, fractionations, and doses received by each axillary LN level and axillary vessels with the development of breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL).

Methods and materials

We retrospectively studied 181 female breast cancer patients who were diagnosed and treated by radiation therapy during the period from January 2012 to December 2017. The radiotherapy treatment plans were recalled from the archives. The axillary LN levels I, II, III, supraclavicular LN were contoured as well as axillary vessels. New dose volume histograms were generated to correlate between the radiotherapy dose t and the development of BCRL.

Results

The study included 162 patients treated with a 3D radiotherapy techniq

SUBMITTER: Abouegylah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9453663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature