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Recommendation
Radiation therapy and adverse effects
In patients undergoing radiation therapy use techniques that minimise the dose to the lung and heart, including deep inspiratory breath-holding for left-sided cancer.
Use a deep inspiratory breath-hold radiotherapy technique for people with left-sided breast cancer to reduce the dose to the heart
How this guidance was developed
This recommendation was adopted from a source recommendation from the NICE 2018 guideline (UK). The source recommendation is based on a systematic review of the evidence conducted to September 2017 and used wording (‘Use’) indicative of a strong recommendation (using GRADE methods).
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Radiation therapy and adverse effects
Recommendation
In patients undergoing radiation therapy use techniques that minimise the dose to the lung and heart, including deep inspiratory breath-holding for left-sided cancer.
Principles in action
Safe and quality care
This recommendation was adopted from a source recommendation from the NICE 2018 guideline (UK). The source recommendation is based on a systematic review of the evidence conducted to September 2017 and used wording (‘Use’) indicative of a strong recommendation (using GRADE methods).
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