By: Charles Bankhead From: medpagetoday.com Similar recurrence, survival at 10 years, better tolerance, cosmesis with APBI Women with early breast cancer had similar long-term outcomes whether they had focused or whole-breast irradiation (WBI), an Italian study showed. The 10-year incidence of in-breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) was 2.5% with WBI and 3.7% with accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI), a difference that …
ASTRO issues updated clinical guideline for whole breast radiation therapy
Accelerated treatment now recommended for most patients, including younger patients, those with more advanced disease and those receiving chemotherapy The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued a new clinical guideline for the use of whole breast radiation therapy for breast cancer that expands the population of patients recommended to receive accelerated treatment known as hypofractionated therapy. Breast cancer …