Publications by authors named "Patricia de Azevedo Marques"
What a difference a clip makes! Analysis of boost volume definition in radiation therapy for conservative breast surgery.
Thiago Brasileiro de Freitas Kennya Medeiros Lopes de Barros Lima Heloísa de Andrade Carvalho Patricia de Azevedo Marques Fabio Teixeira Belfort Mattos
Eur J Surg Oncol
September 2018
Purpose/objective(s): To evaluate the role of surgical clips placement in the definition of boost treatment volume.
Materials/methods: Clinical Target Volumes (CTV) were defined as: CTV Breast, CTV Quadrant (based on physical exam and pre-surgical images), CTV Boost, defined by clip plus margin (1 cm for 2 or more clips and 2 cm for 1 clip only) plus radiological changes, CTV NT (normal tissue), defined by CTV Quadrant minus CTV Boost and CTV MISS (CTV that would be outside the treatment volume), defined by CTV Boost minus CTV Quadrant.
Results: A total of 247 patients were included.