TY  - JOUR
T1  - POsitioning during radiotherapy for breast cancer—reply
AU  - Formenti SC, DeWyngaert J
Y1  - 2013/01/09
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.56923
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 137
EP  - 137
VL  - 309
IS  - 2
N2  - 
In Reply: We agree with Dr Sherr that the radiation dose to the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery may be relevant to the severity of late effects of heart irradiation in patients with breast cancer.1 Our prospective trial selected the treatment position based on the least volume of heart and lung included in the fields of breast irradiation when the patient was imaged in the supine vs prone positions. Dosimetric analysis in both positions was conducted for the first consecutive 100 patients, confirming that in-field volume is a reliable surrogate for dose.2

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.56923
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.56923
ER  -