Short Course Accelerated Hypofractionated Partial Breast Balloon Brachytherapy

Breast conserving therapy is frequently used to treat early stage breast cancer but the protracted length of whole breast irradiation has made it an unattractive option for some patients. Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) is used to treat the lumpectomy cavity alone in a shorter amount of time, conventionally in 10 fractions twice daily over 5 days. The SenoRx study opened by Contura, was a multi-site prospective phase II non-randomized dose-escalation trial for APBI using a multi-lumen balloon 3 or 4 fractions over 2 days.

Source: Brachytherapy - June 23, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jenna Kahn, Apar Gupta, Alexander Slade, Nitai Mukhopadhyay, Atif Khan, Bruce Haffty, Laurie Cuttino, Frank Vicini, Douglas Arthur Source Type: research