DEVELOPMENTS IN PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION
Its potential role in breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer

Christine Lambert, MD, FRCPC and Carolyn R. Freeman, MB, BS, FRCPC

Local management of early-stage breast cancer has evolved over the past 30 years from radical mastectomy to breastconserving therapy (BCT) consisting of partial mastectomy followed by radiotherapy.

 

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The advent of breast-conserving therapy — partial mastectomy followed by radiotherapy (RT) — for most patients with Stage 1–2 breast cancer has focused attention on how radiation should be delivered for optimal overall results. The need for whole-breast irradiation is being questioned and several new techniques for delivering partial breast irradiation (PBI) have been developed. Technologies and methodologies have advanced considerably in recent years, and appear to provide efficacy comparable to that of conventional whole-breast irradiation while offering much more convenient scheduling. This article reviews a variety of different techniques under investigation for partial breast irradiation.
 
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