Key result
A patient with breast cancer and a cardiac pacemaker successfully completed radiotherapy safely and effectively using a right axillary vein approach for pacemaker implantation and precise dose control.
Why the study?
Pacemaker implantation is increasingly common in breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy, but safe methods for pacemaker placement and radiation planning to avoid pacemaker malfunction remain an important clinical challenge.
Design
Case report
Authors
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Urges caution against practice change from single cases; leaves open need for prospective studies on pacemaker-radiotherapy interactions.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Right axillary vein approach for pacemaker implantation is a feasible strategy to minimize radiation exposure to the device and safely complete radiotherapy in patients with left breast cancer.
Wang et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Breast cancer with cardiac pacemaker implantation (n=1). Right axillary vein approach cardiac pacemaker implantation and radiotherapy was evaluated on Safe completion of radiotherapy without pacemaker malfunction or tumor recurrence. A patient with breast cancer and a cardiac pacemaker successfully completed radiotherapy safely and effectively using a right axillary vein approach for pacemaker implantation and precise dose control.
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