Partial versus whole breast irradiation: Side effects, patient satisfaction and costs.

CONCLUSION: In patients with early-stage breast cancer, partial irradiation offered a good alternative to whole breast irradiation, as it was less expensive and satisfactory. These, and the clinical safety and tolerance results, need to be confirmed by long-term accelerated partial breast irradiation results in on-going phase III trials. PMID: 30929861 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30929861?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cancer Radiotherapie - March 27, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Bathily T, Borget I, Rivin Del Campo E, Rivera S, Bourgier C Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: research