Comparison of Lung Dose in Breast Cancer Treated with Intraoperative High Dose Rate Brachytherapy versus Adjuvant External Beam Radiation Therapy

To compare radiation lung dose in patients with early-stage breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and intraoperative radiation therapy with CT-guided HDR brachytherapy (Precision Breast IORT; PB-IORT) and those treated with whole breast irradiation (WBI-DIBH) or partial breast irradiation (PB-DIBH) with deep inspiratory breath hold.

Source: Brachytherapy - April 30, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Sunil W. Dutta, Clayton E. Alonso, Eric Aliotta, Kara D. Romano, Bruce Libby, Einsley M. Janowski, Timothy N. Showalter, Shayna L. Showalter Source Type: research