title: The use of radiotherapy for early breast cancer in woman at different ages.
abstract: Age is an important feature at the time of early breast cancer diagnosis. Radiotherapy is a mandatory component of treatment for breast-conserving strategies in early disease stages. Breast radiotherapy has rapidly evolved in the last 20 years. A tendency to less treatment volume (partial-breast irradiation) and less treatment time (hypofractionation) is consolidated in modern radiation oncology practice. Age and risk for local recurrence guide the decision-making process to electro-optimal treatment. Radiotherapy technological versatility offers multiple options for individualized (risk-age adapted) recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital General Universitario, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Calvo
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Sole
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meiriño
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lizarraga
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Infante
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boldo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marsiglia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Deutsch
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant / Q000592:standards*