Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 8, Number 3, March 2017, pages 98-101

Advantages of Post-Mastectomy Proton Beam Therapy in a Breast Cancer Patient With Pectus Excavatum

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. This patient’s chest deformity consistent with PE. Medial axial thoracic CT scan demonstrates the compression of heart and anterior mediastinal structures due to inward sunken sternum and costal-cartilages.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Radiation dose distribution comparisons of the superior (a), medial (b), and lower (c) axial thoracic CT levels: conformal photon RT plan (left) and PBT plan (right).
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Dose volume histogram comparing photon RT plan and PBT plan. Cyan depicts heart volume; green depicts total lungs volume; orange depicts ipsilateral lung volume.