Accelerated PBI close but not equivalent to WBI to control ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence

(American Association for Cancer Research) Data from the NRG (NSABP B-39/RTOG 0413) trial indicated that ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) rates 10 years after treatment could not reject the hypothesis that accelerated partial breast irradiation (PBI) after lumpectomy was inferior to whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to a presentation at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news