[Does nodal irradiation (clavicular and internal mammary chains) increase the toxicity of adjuvant breast radiotherapy?]

[Does nodal irradiation (clavicular and internal mammary chains) increase the toxicity of adjuvant breast radiotherapy?]
Cancer Radiother. 2015 Apr 27;
Authors: Riou O, Bourgier C, Fenoglietto P, Azria D
Abstract
Treatment volume is a major risk factor of radiation-induced toxicity. As nodal irradiation increases treatment volume, radiation toxicity should be greater. Nevertheless, scientific randomised data do not support this fact. However, a radiation-induced toxicity is possible outside tangential fields in the nodal volumes not related to breast-only treatment. Treatment should not be adapted only to the disease but personalized to the individual risk of toxicity for each patient.
PMID: 25937187 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - April 27, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Riou O, Bourgier C, Fenoglietto P, Azria D Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research