Saif Ameer Rashid Al-Hakkak

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• Research   
  Assessment effect of Lumpectomy in the treatment of breast tumors When using VMAT technique
  Author(s): Saif Ameer Rashid Al-Hakkak*, Mustafa Al-Musawi and Ammar Rasoul Mohammad
  
  Breast cancer is more likely to affect women than men. For patients with early-stage disease, adjuvant radiation is now the most popular treatment to increase local control and overall survival after breast cancer surgery. This study compares cases of lumpectomy with cases of mastectomy in order to assess the effectiveness of the VMAT technique used to treat malignancies of the right breast. Selected Twenty-four women who had problems with their right breasts were considered for the research. An analysis of dose volume histograms was performed for both the planning target volume and the organs at risk to determine the dose distribution. Clinical PTV was covered by an appropriate dose when utilizing the VMAT technique in both cases (lumpectomy and mastectomy), with a slight advantage in the case of lumpectomy P-value (0.151893287). using VMAT technique this study showed advance in case.. Read More»
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