Observational study
Dose to the left anterior descending artery correlates with cardiac events after irradiation for breast cancer
Zureick AH, Grzywacz VP, Almahariq MF, et al.
DoseLab summary
Retrospective study relating LAD dose to cardiac events after breast radiotherapy. Citation as given in a 2025 Radiotherapy and Oncology review of breast dose constraints; not yet checked against the journal.
Why this is useful
Evidence that LAD dose — not only mean heart dose — is linked to cardiac events after breast radiotherapy.
Reference details
- Title
- Dose to the left anterior descending artery correlates with cardiac events after irradiation for breast cancer
- Authors / organization
- Zureick AH, Grzywacz VP, Almahariq MF, et al.
- Publication / protocol
- Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2022;114:130–139
- Version
- Pending verification
- Year
- 2022
- DOI
- Pending verification
- Disease sites
- Breast
- Topics
- Breast, Heart, LAD, Toxicity
- Fractionation context
- Pending verification
- Last reviewed by DoseLab
- Pending verification