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      The UK HeartSpare Study: randomised evaluation of voluntary deep-inspiratory breath-hold in women undergoing breast radiotherapy.

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          To determine whether voluntary deep-inspiratory breath-hold (v_DIBH) and deep-inspiratory breath-hold with the active breathing coordinator™ (ABC_DIBH) in patients undergoing left breast radiotherapy are comparable in terms of normal-tissue sparing, positional reproducibility and feasibility of delivery.

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          Journal
          Radiother Oncol
          Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
          Elsevier BV
          1879-0887
          0167-8140
          Aug 2013
          : 108
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Academic Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK. Electronic address: frederick.bartlett@rmh.nhs.uk.
          Article
          S0167-8140(13)00196-5
          10.1016/j.radonc.2013.04.021
          23726115
          ef546287-51ec-47f6-9ef7-e6f2c2fc65e7
          History

          Activated breathing control,Breast cancer,Cardiac dose,Radiotherapy,Voluntary breath-hold

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