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Final results of the HeartSpare study using the voluntary breath-hold technique treating breast cancer

3rd ESTRO Forum

24 - 28 Apr 2015

Published: 15 May 2015

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Dr Frederick Bartlett - The Royal Marsden, London, UK

Dr Bartlett talks to ecancertv at the 3rd ESTRO forum.

He discusses the results of the final phase of the HeartSpare study using multi-centre implementation of the voluntary breath-hold technique; a technique for reducing heart dose in left breast radiotherapy.

Results were positive with reproducible application in a multi-centre setting using this equipment free technique.

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