High resolution computed tomography findings on the lung of early breast-cancer patients treated by postoperative breast irradiation with a hypofractionated radiotherapy schedule

From: Indian Journal of Cancer | Date: October 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Although postoperative radiotherapy (RT) for early breast cancer treated by lumpectomy is an established treatment, the issue of optimal RT fractionation schedule remains unresolved. The most widely employed schedule for whole breast irradiation is 50 Gy in 25 fractions, while a variety of shorter (hypofractionated) RT schedules have also been used in clinical practice. In a recent randomized trial Whelan face=+Italic; et alface=-Italic; .[1] have reported equivalent results (regarding local control, survival and postradiation effects) between the standard fractionation schedule of 50 Gy in ...

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