Large Institutional Experience of Early Outcomes and Dosimetric Findings with Postoperative Stereotactic Partial Breast Irradiation in Breast Cancer

Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) has been shown to be effective in carefully selected patients, based on evidence from at least 8 prospective randomized trials enrolling over 10,000 women[1,2]. A variety of APBI techniques have been investigated, with external beam techniques such as 3-dimensional conformal radiation therapy and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) being favored due to their noninvasiveness and operator independence[3]. A recent meta-analysis showed that APBI was associated with significantly lower rate of acute adverse events compared to whole breast irradiation (WBI), with no difference in late adverse events[4].
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research