Publications by authors named "Emily Durie"

Background: Deep-inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) reduces radiation dose to the heart in patients undergoing locoregional breast radiotherapy. In the context of tangential irradiation of the breast/ chest wall, a voluntary breath hold (vDIBH) technique has been shown to be as reproducible as a machine-assisted breath hold technique using the active breathing co-ordinator (ABC™, Elekta, Crawley, UK, ABC_DIBH). This study compares set-up reproducibility for vDIBH versus ABC_DIBH in patients undergoing volumetric-modulated arc radiotherapy (VMAT) for breast cancer, both with and without wax bolus.

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  • Total body irradiation (TBI) is crucial for hemopoietic stem cell transplants, but can lead to complications like interstitial pneumonitis (IP) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), prompting a study on a specific radiation technique.
  • In this study, 74 adult patients underwent a forward-planned intensity modulated radiotherapy technique (FP IMRT) with careful dose management, revealing a 30% rate of IP and low incidence of CKD among long-term survivors.
  • The findings suggest that FP IMRT TBI is a safe conditioning method for stem cell transplants, showing lower rates of complications compared to previous studies.
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