Assessment of Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation as Monotherapy Following Breast Conserving Surgery in the Treatment of Favorable Risk Breast Cancer

• 作者: Gregory Churchill Kruti Patel Navesh K. Sharma Steven Feigenberg Umer Ansari
• 来源期刊: 乳腺癌(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: APBI BREAST Cancer BREAST Radiation PARTIAL BREAST
• 年，卷（期）: rxayw_2018,（1）
• 页码范围: 33-64
• 页数: 32页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) has been proposed as an alternative to whole breast radiotherapy in select patients undergoing post lumpectomy radiation therapy as part of a breast conserving approach. This comprehensive review attempts to assess the current literature and identify appropriate patients as well as supportive data.