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WK Ho, RKC Ngan, CWY Yip, FKH Lee, JCF Lui
Breast Cancer Patients Treated by Helical Tomotherapy, Intensity-modulated Radiotherapy, and Volumetric Arc Therapy: Comparison of Lung Doses
WK Ho, RKC Ngan, CWY Yip, FKH Lee, JCF Lui
Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan, Hong Kong
Correspondence: Dr WK Ho, Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Jordan, Hong Kong. Email:
hwk757@ha.org.hk
Submitted: 12 Feb 2018; Accepted: 2 Oct 2018.
Contributors: WKH and RKCN designed the study. WKH, CWYY, FKHL and JCFL acquired the data. WKH and RKCN analysed the data, drafted the manuscript, and had critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. All authors had full access to the data, contributed to the study, approved the final version for publication, and take responsibility for its accuracy and integrity.
Conflicts of Interest: As an editor of the journal, RKC Ngan was not involved in the peer review process. Other authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest.
Funding/Support: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Ethics Approval: This study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital Authority (Ref KC/KE-18-0002/ER-2). The requirement for patient consent was waived by the Research Ethics Committee.
Abstract
Introduction
We compared the dosimetry of three different radiotherapy (RT) techniques: helical tomotherapy
