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Partial breast irradiation for early breast cancer [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014 Breast-conserving therapy for women with breast cancer consists of local excision of the tumour (achieving clear margins) followed by radiotherapy (RT). RT is given to sterilize tumour cells that may remain after surgery to decrease the risk of local tumour recurrence. Most true recurrences occur in the same quadrant as the original tumour.
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Partial breast irradiation: Ready for routine?
The Breast, 2007 Breast-conserving treatment is considered the standard therapy for most early-stage breast cancer and has given excellent results. That notwithstanding in the last years, several institutions are trying to revisit the adjuvant radiation treatment setting, especially with respect to possible changes in overall treatment time and target volume within the
R. Orecchia, P. Fossati
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Partial breast irradiation techniques in early breast cancer [PDF]
Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, 2011 Whole breast irradiation represents an integral part of combined breast-conserving treatment of early breast cancer. A new concept includes replacing traditionally fractionated whole breast postoperative radiotherapy by accelerated partial breast irradiation.
Kacprowska, Agata, Jassem, Jacek
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Accelerated partial breast irradiation: advances and controversies [PDF]
Chinese Journal of Cancer, 2016 The management of localized breast cancer has changed dramatically over the past three to four decades. Breast-conserving therapy, which involved lumpectomy followed by adjuvant irradiation, is now widely considered the standard of care in women with ...
Mani Akhtari, Bin S. Teh
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Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI): A review of available techniques [PDF]
Radiation Oncology, 2010 Breast conservation therapy (BCT) is the procedure of choice for the management of the early stage breast cancer. However, its utilization has not been maximized because of logistics issues associated with the protracted treatment involved with the ...
Saunders Mark W +2 more
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High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for accelerated partial breast irradiation – trial results of Azerbaijan National Center of Oncology [PDF]
Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 2017 Purpose : To describe early results of two cohorts of patients with low and intermediate risk of early breast cancer treated with accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using different schedules of multicatheter brachytherapy.
Jamil A. Aliyev +5 more
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Accelerated partial breast irradiation with brachytherapy: patient selection and technique considerations [PDF]
Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy, 2015 Daniel M Trifiletti,1 Kara D Romano,1 Shayna L Showalter,2 Kelli A Reardon,1 Bruce Libby,1 Timothy N Showalter11Department of Radiation Oncology, 2Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine ...
Trifiletti DM +5 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 Purpose: Accelerated partial breast irradiation (A-PBI) in Korean women has been considered impracticable, owing to small breast volume and lack of high-precision radiotherapy experience.
Won Hee Lee +11 more
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Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 BackgroundA major challenge in breast radiotherapy is accurately targeting the surgical cavity volume. Application of the emerging MRI-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT) technique in breast radiotherapy may enable more accurate targeting and potentially reduce ...
John Ng +2 more
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Who are the optimal candidates for partial breast irradiation?
, 2021 At the 2017 St. Gallen International Expert Consensus Conference on the Primary Therapy for Early Breast Cancer, the consensus panel recognized "partial breast irradiation as an option for women meeting the low-risk criteria put forward by the American ...
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