Radiation Boost After Adjuvant Whole Breast Radiotherapy: Does Evidence Support Practice for Close Margin and Altered Fractionation?

Radiation Boost After Adjuvant Whole Breast Radiotherapy: Does Evidence Support Practice for Close Margin and Altered Fractionation?

Adding a boost to whole breast radiation (WBI) following breast-conserving surgery (BCS) may help improve local control, but it increases the total cost of treatment and may worsen cosmetic outcomes. Therefore, it is reserved for patients whose potential benefit outweighs the risks; however, current...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Gulstene, Hamid Raziee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
boost radiation
hypofractionated
close margins
radiation therapy (radiotherapy)
breast cancer
breast malignancy
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2020.00772/full

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