title: Regional radiotherapy in high-risk breast cancer: is the issue solved?
abstract: Adjuvant radiotherapy is the treatment standard for breast cancer with lymph node metastases after breast-conserving surgery or mastectomy. The inclusion of regional lymph nodes into the treatment volumes has been a question in recent clinical trials. Their impact on treatment standards and open questions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.|2 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Dresden and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Germany.|3 OncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.|4 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.affiliation: 6 Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Offersen
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.|2 German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Dresden and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Germany.|3 OncoRay-National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.|4 Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology, Dresden, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baumann
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012307:Risk Factors
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