Regional nodal irradiation in early-stage breast cancer

TJ Whelan, IA Olivotto, WR Parulekar… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Most women with breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving surgery
receive whole-breast irradiation. We examined whether the addition of regional nodal …

Hypofractionated radiotherapy as adjuvant treatment in early breast cancer. A review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

W Budach, E Bölke, C Matuschek - Breast Care, 2015 - karger.com
Background: Adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery is indicated in the vast
majority of breast cancer patients. Conventionally fractionated radiotherapy with 50 Gy in 25 …

Predictors of adverse cosmetic outcome in the RAPID trial: an exploratory analysis

D Peterson, PT Truong, S Parpia, IA Olivotto… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose To evaluate factors associated with adverse cosmesis outcome in breast cancer
patients randomized to accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using 3-dimensional …

Patients' perceptions of health-related quality of life during and after adjuvant radiotherapy for T1N0M0 breast cancer

P Sundaresan, L Sullivan, S Pendlebury, A Kirby… - Clinical oncology, 2015 - Elsevier
Aims The effects of radiotherapy on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) may influence
decisions about adjuvant radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery. We sought women's …

[HTML][HTML] The clinical features and management of women with ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion: A retrospective Cohort study

Y Li, S Zhang, X Wei, J Zhang - International Journal of Surgery, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective The purpose of our study is to demonstrate the clinical features and management
of patients with Ductal Carcinoma in situ with microinvasion (DCISM) in a single Chinese …

[HTML][HTML] Omission of radiotherapy in elderly patients with early breast cancer: 15-year results of a prospective non-randomised trial

G Martelli, P Boracchi, E Guzzetti, G Marano… - European Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Whether radiotherapy (RT) is beneficial in elderly (⩾ 70 years) patients
undergoing conservative surgery for early breast cancer has long been controversial …

The oncologic safety and practicality of breast conservation surgery in large breast tumors 5 centimeters or more

CM Sugrue, PS Waters, KJ Sweeney, C Malone… - Clinical Breast …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Surgery remains a therapeutic strategy for women with breast cancer, and long-
term outcomes for breast conservation surgery (BCS) and radiotherapy are equivalent to …

The Emerging Role of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy [IORT] in Breast Cancer

DA Goer, MJ Silverstein - Breast Disease: Comprehensive Management, 2015 - Springer
Intraoperative radiation treatment (IORT) is the application of radiation directly to the residual
tumor or tumor bed during surgery, after the surgical removal of the tumor. IORT has long …

The Japanese Breast Cancer Society clinical practice guideline for radiotherapy of breast cancer

K Sekiguchi, Y Ogawa, N Sanuki, S Arahira, E Ogo… - Breast Cancer, 2015 - Springer
Clinical questions (CQs) were divided into five sections:(1) Radiotherapy after breast-
conserving surgery for stage I–II breast cancer.(2) Radiotherapy after breast-conserving …

Concurrent boost with adjuvant breast hypofractionated radiotherapy and toxicity assessment

MM Sayed, MI El-Sayed, AM Attia… - Middle East Journal of …, 2015 - mejc.sums.ac.ir
Background: The use of shorter radiotherapy schedules has an economic and logistic
advantage for radiotherapy departments, as well as a high degree of patient convenience …