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Target Volume Delineation and Treatment Planning for Particle Therapy

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Breast cancer is the most common malignancy of females in the United States with an estimated incidence of >230,000 in 2015 [1]. Radiation therapy plays an important role in prevention of locoregional and distant recurrence which can translate into improvements in overall survival with long-term follow-up [2–4]. Proton radiotherapy offers the potential ability to spare critical strutures and thus potential toxicity while maximizing target coverage. Here we review the data for proton radiation in breast cancer and techniques for its delivery in various clinical settings.

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    Robert Samstein & Oren Cahlon

  2. ProCure Proton Therapy Center, Somerset, NJ, USA

    David DeBlois

  3. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

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  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    Jonathan E. Leeman

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    Oren Cahlon

  4. Department of Medical Dosimetry, ProCure Proton Therapy Center, Somerset, New Jersey, USA

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Samstein, R., DeBlois, D., Mutter, R.W., Cahlon, O. (2018). Breast Cancer. In: Lee, N., et al. Target Volume Delineation and Treatment Planning for Particle Therapy. Practical Guides in Radiation Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42478-1_17

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