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Partial Breast Irradiation
Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
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Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is a new radiation delivery technique. It allows the radiation oncologist to decrease the amount of harmful radiation to normal tissues. The anterior border of the heart and the left lung were particularly vulnerable to radiation exposure. This new technique can spare the normal tissues while adequately treating the breast.
Left-sided breast cancers are the ones that will benefit most from this form of radiation therapy.
Ask your radiation oncologist if IMRT would be correct for you.
