Minimum breast distance largely explains individual variability in doses to contralateral breast from breast-cancer radiotherapy

Adjuvant whole-breast radiotherapy is a recommended part of breast-cancer therapy after breast-conserving surgery. It reduces the recurrence rates of breast cancer, specific mortality from breast cancer as well as the overall mortality [1]. However, breast-cancer radiotherapy also increases the incidence of second cancers, mainly in the contralateral breast and in the lungs. Especially for left-sided tumours it also increases the mortality through heart disease [1,2].

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology - September 18, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Pavel Kundr át, Julia Remmele, Hannes Rennau, Sabine Sebb, Cristoforo Simonetto, Markus Eidemüller, Ulrich Wolf, Guido Hildebrandt Tags: Original article Source Type: research