Manwar Al-Naqqash

Publications

• Research Article   
  The role of breath holding technique on minimizing cardiac dose in left breast cancer irradiation in the adjuvant setting
  Author(s): Ruaa Ali Seror* and Manwar Al-Naqqash
  
  Breast Cancer (BC) is one of the top cancers in Iraq. It is the leading cancer among females for morbidity and mortality. One of the most concerning adverse events of breast RT is cardio-toxicity. Cardiac doses can be reducing by physical separation the heart from the volume of treatment, as in Deep Inspiration Breath Hold (DIBH). Study aimed to quantify the risk of cardiotoxicity from radiation in left BC and to describe the roles of DIBH by ABC devise on minimizing cardiac dose from radiation in left BC. A retrospective dosimetry study of 50 left BC women were enrolled whom were consecutively treated as 26 female with left BC at Baghdad Radiation Oncology Center, Baghdad Medical City and 24 females with left BC at Al-Safeer Oncology Center. The study conducted in period between December 2022 and May 2023, where planning for treatment with adjuvant RT. Data collected included age, T-.. Read More»
  

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