AUG 12, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Normal tissue complication probability models of late cardiopulmonary toxicity following deep inspiration breath hold for breast cancer adjuvant radiotherapy
Precision Radiation Oncology
A well-designed comparative dosimetric study with NTCP modelling showing consistent reductions in predicted cardiopulmonary toxicity across two treatment regimens, but based on surrogate endpoints (dose and modelled complications) rather than clinical outcomes.
Reported
Mean heart dose reduction (conven…22%
Mean heart dose reduction (hypofr…22%
P-value MHD conventional0.004