Breast-conserving treatment, characteristically consisting of surgical removal of the tumor and post-operative whole breast irradiation, is nowadays considered as the standard therapeutic approach for most women with stage I/II, invasive breast cancer. Recently, a number of institutions started investigating the feasibility and safety of novel approaches in radiotherapy, modulating concomitantly treatment time and irradiation volume. Whilst this strategy is still under investigation, recent clinical studies on accelerated partial breast irradiation with intra-operative radiotherapy or high conformality irradiation strongly suggest that the way patients with early breast cancer are irradiated should be revisited.

Partial irradiation of the breast: old challenges, new solutions / J. Bernier, G. Viale, R. Orecchia, B. Ballardini, A. Richetti, L. Bronz, A. Franzetti-Pellanda, M. Intra, U. Veronesi. - In: THE BREAST. - ISSN 0960-9776. - 15:4(2006 Aug 15), pp. 466-475.

Partial irradiation of the breast: old challenges, new solutions

G. Viale
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R. Orecchia;
2006

Abstract

Breast-conserving treatment, characteristically consisting of surgical removal of the tumor and post-operative whole breast irradiation, is nowadays considered as the standard therapeutic approach for most women with stage I/II, invasive breast cancer. Recently, a number of institutions started investigating the feasibility and safety of novel approaches in radiotherapy, modulating concomitantly treatment time and irradiation volume. Whilst this strategy is still under investigation, recent clinical studies on accelerated partial breast irradiation with intra-operative radiotherapy or high conformality irradiation strongly suggest that the way patients with early breast cancer are irradiated should be revisited.
Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Intensity-modulated radiotherapy; Intra-operative radiotherapy; Partial breast irradiation
Settore MED/08 - Anatomia Patologica
Settore MED/36 - Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia
15-ago-2006
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