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Respiratory gating for proton beam scanning versus photon 3D-CRT for breast cancer radiotherapy by Flejmer, Anna M, Edvardsson, Anneli, Dohlmar, Frida, Josefsson, Dan, Nilsson, Mats, Witt Nyström, Petra, Dasu, Alexandru

“…Background Respiratory gating and proton therapy have both been proposed to reduce the cardiopulmonary burden in breast cancer radiotherapy. This study aims to…”
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T1 and T2 Mapping for Early Detection of Treatment‐Related Myocardial Changes in Breast Cancer Patients by Kvernby, Sofia, Flejmer, Anna M., Dasu, Alexandru, Bolger, Ann F., Ebbers, Tino, Engvall, Jan E.

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Changes in skin microcirculation during radiation therapy for breast cancer by Tesselaar, Erik, Flejmer, Anna M, Farnebo, Simon, Dasu, Alexandru

“…The majority of breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment are affected by acute radiation-induced skin changes. The assessment of these changes is…”
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Normal tissue sparing potential of scanned proton beams with and without respiratory gating for the treatment of internal mammary nodes in breast cancer radiotherapy by Dasu, Alexandru, Flejmer, Anna M., Edvardsson, Anneli, Witt Nyström, Petra

“…•This work studied normal tissue burden for IMN irradiation in proton breast therapy.•Proton therapy kept cardiovascular burden to a low level when irradiating…”
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Cancer risk after breast proton therapy considering physiological and radiobiological uncertainties by Raptis, Apostolos, Ödén, Jakob, Ardenfors, Oscar, Flejmer, Anna M., Toma-Dasu, Iuliana, Dasu, Alexandru

“…•Theoretical calculation of the risk for second primary cancer after breast radiotherapy.•Comparison between proton and photon therapy and two risk models.•CTs…”
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Clinical implications of the ISC technique for breast cancer radiotherapy and comparison with clinical recommendations by Flejmer, Anna M, Josefsson, Dan, Nilsson, Mats, Stenmarker, Margaretha, Dasu, Alexandru

“…The present project studied the implications of using the irregular surface compensator (ISC) technique in comparison to three-dimensional conformal radiation…”
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Impact of physiological breathing motion for breast cancer radiotherapy with proton beam scanning – An in silico study by Flejmer, Anna M, Chehrazi, Behnaz, Josefsson, Dan, Toma-Dasu, Iuliana, Dasu, Alexandru

“…Highlights • Breathing motion leads to a degradation of target coverage in proton therapy for breast cancer. • Exhalation decreases radiation burden to the…”
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Pencil beam scanning proton therapy for mediastinal lymphomas in deep inspiration breath-hold: a retrospective assessment of plan robustness by Hörberger, Filip, Andersson, Karin M, Enmark, Marika, Kristensen, Ingrid, Flejmer, Anna, Edvardsson, Anneli

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy (PT) in deep inspiration breath-hold (DIBH) for mediastinal lymphoma patients,…”
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Analytical anisotropic algorithm versus pencil beam convolution for treatment planning of breast cancer: implications for target coverage and radiation burden of normal tissue by Flejmer, Anna Maria, Dohlmar, Frida, Nilsson, Mats, Stenmarker, Margaretha, Dasu, Alexandru

“…The present study aimed to investigate the implications of using the analytical anisotropic algorithm (AAA) for calculation of target coverage and radiation…”
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The influence of breathing motion and a variable relative biological effectiveness in proton therapy of left-sided breast cancer by Ödén, Jakob, Toma-Dasu, Iuliana, Eriksson, Kjell, Flejmer, Anna Maria, Dasu, Alexandru

“…Proton breast radiotherapy has been suggested to improve target coverage as well as reduce cardiopulmonary and integral dose compared with photon therapy. This…”
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Impact of irradiation setup in proton spot scanning brain therapy on organ doses from secondary radiation by Ardenfors, Oscar, Gudowska, Irena, Flejmer, Anna Maria, Dasu, Alexandru

“…A Monte Carlo model of a proton spot scanning pencil beam was used to simulate organ doses from secondary radiation produced from brain tumour treatments…”
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The Potential Benefit of Scanned Proton Beam Versus Intensity Modulated Photon Therapy as Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer by Dasu, Alexandru, Flejmer, Anna M., Dohlmar, Frida, Josefsson, Dan, Witt Nyström, Petra

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Potential Benefit of Scanned Proton Beam versus Photons as Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer by Flejmer, Anna M., Nyström, Petra Witt, Dohlmar, Frida, Josefsson, Dan, Dasu, Alexandru

“…Purpose:  To investigate the feasibility of using scanned proton beams as adjuvant radiation therapy for breast cancer. Long-term cardiopulmonary complications…”
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Radiation Burden From Modern Radiation Therapy Techniques Including Proton Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment – Clinical Implications by Flejmer, Anna Maria

“…The purpose of this thesis was to study the clinical implications of modern radiotherapy techniques for breast cancer treatment. This was investigated in…”
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