Is 5 Fraction Partial Breast Irradiation SBRT?

ASTRO is developing new partial breast radiation guidelines. There is a draft of the new guidelines online and there is a comments period that ends on July 5th. In these guidelines, they have an accepted techniques section which does not include SBRT. I think 5 fractions partial breast radiation should be considered SBRT, if given with appropriate imaging, machine QA and physician/physics supervision. A 5 fractions IMRT plan would result in a significant decrease in reimbursement compared to... Read more
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