Breast cancer is the most common female cancer in Western populations, affecting 12.5% of
women, with 1.38 million patients per year. Breast-conserving surgery followed by …

Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI) is a novel molecular optical imaging technique
based on the detection of optical Cerenkov photons emitted by positron emission …

Objectives To examine whether rate of reoperation after breast conserving surgery is
associated with patients' characteristics and investigate whether reoperation rates vary …

In early-stage breast cancer, the primary treatment option for most women is breast-
conserving surgery (BCS). There is a clear need for more accurate techniques to assess …

Importance New techniques for preoperative localization of nonpalpable breast lesions may
decrease the reoperation rate in breast-conserving surgery (BCS) compared with rates after …

Purpose: Complete tumor removal during cancer surgery remains challenging due to the
lack of accurate techniques for intraoperative margin assessment. This study evaluates the …

Purpose In this prospective trial, we evaluated the influence of chemotherapy for breast
cancer on women's health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), sexual function, and mental …

AIMS: The effect of patient-and treatment-related factors in the development of late normal
tissue toxicity after radiotherapy is not yet fully established. The aim of this study was to …

Abstract The UMC Utrecht MRI/linac (MRL) design provides image guidance with high soft-
tissue contrast, directly during radiotherapy (RT). Breast cancer patients are a potential …

The concept of radiation dose–volume effect has been exploited in breast cancer as boost
treatment for high risk patients and more recently in trials of Partial Breast Irradiation for low …