Impact of modern-day axillary treatment on patient reported arm morbidity and physical functioning in breast cancer patients.

CONCLUSION: Of all axillary management strategies, ALND plus AxRT is associated with worst patient-reported outcomes. AxRT resulted in less arm morbidity compared to ALND. Selective radiotherapy treatment of the axilla, i.e. radiotherapy of levels I-II only instead of levels I-IV, did not lead to clinically relevant reduced arm morbidity.
PMID: 30033384 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - July 19, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Gregorowitsch ML, Verkooijen HM, Houweling A, Fuhler N, Koelemij R, Schoenmaeckers EJP, Sier MF, Ernst MF, Witkamp AJ, Van Dalen T, Young-Afat DA, van den Bongard DHJG, UMBRELLA study group Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research