An Examination of Nationwide Trends in Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation - The Replacement of Breast Brachytherapy with Intraoperative Radiotherapy and External Beam Radiation

CONCLUSIONS: While overall APBI utilization has remained stable since 2008, this has been accompanied by a decline in brachytherapy and a rise in IORT. The causes of these trends should be the topic of future research.PMID:34838893 | DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2021.11.019

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - November 28, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Colton Ladbury Jason Liu Eric Radany Nayana Vora Arya Amini Sushil Beriwal Catheryn Yashar Chirag Shah Scott Glaser Source Type: research