What practices do you utilize to minimize damage to normal cells from radiation in breast treatments?

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LeonardFarberMD (Physician - Oncology - Radiation (Verified) ) - 08 / 02 / 2011

Some of the practices that we employ to minimizing damage to normal cells during breast radiation treatment includes precise target acquisition and minimization of movement along with patient monitoring. With regard to target acquisition, we use one of the best treatment machines, the Elekta Infinity which gives great images of the patient; one of the best CT-simulators, the new Toshiba large bore, which acquires very clear anatomical images; and we also use AccuBoost, the most precise way of locating the patient's lumpectomy cavity and treating that area (http://www.thefarbercenter.com/cancers/breast.php_).
To monitor patients we utilize c-rad sentinel, which gives a laser topography image of the patient real time during treatment.

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