[Partial breast irradiation technique with external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy].

[Partial breast irradiation technique with external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy].
Cancer Radiother. 2016 Sep 7;
Authors: Chand-Fouché ME, Lam Cham Kee D, Gautier M, Hannoun-Levi JM
Abstract
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) appears to be an efficient therapeutic modality provided that it uses strict selection criteria and a reliable and well-managed technique. The techniques that enable to deliver postoperative APBI are interstitial brachytherapy, endocavitary brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy. Once an appropriate selection of the candidates is made, each radiation technique needs an exact target volume definition and a strict compliance with its own dosimetric constraints. Results of ongoing randomized trials should increase our knowledge of all these parameters, and give us responses about the comparison of the different techniques.
PMID: 27614526 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - September 6, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Chand-Fouché ME, Lam Cham Kee D, Gautier M, Hannoun-Levi JM Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research