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Plans developed with the tangential beamlet technique
| No. of photon beams and use |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Supraclavicular/medial/lateral | Boost | Electron beams and justification |
| 1 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 9 and 12 MeV for IMN; 6 MeV heart; 6 MeV boost | |
| 3 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 MeV for IMN and heart |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 9 MeV for IMN |
| 7 | 5 | 9 MeV for heart sparing | |
| 8 | 3 | ||
| 9 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 9 MeV for IMN and heart sparing | |
Abbreviation: IMN = internal mammary nodal region.
