[Partial breast irradiation technique with external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy].
Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI) appears to be an efficient therapeutic modality provided that it uses strict selection criteria and a reliable and well-managed technique. The techniques that enable to deliver postoperative APBI are interstitial brachytherapy, endocavitary brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy. Once an appropriate selection of the candidates is made, each radiation technique needs an exact target volume definition and a strict compliance with its own dosimetric constraints. Results of ongoing randomized trials should increase our knowledge of all these parameters, and give us responses about the comparison of the different techniques.
Département de radiothérapie, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue de Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex, France. Electronic address: mec_chand@yahoo.fr.
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Département de radiothérapie, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue de Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex, France.
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Lam Cham Kee
Département de radiothérapie, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue de Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex, France.
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Gautier
Département de radiothérapie, centre Antoine-Lacassagne, 33, avenue de Valombrose, 06189 Nice cedex, France.
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Hannoun-Levi
D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000379:methods*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Accelerated partial breast irradiation; Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Cancer du sein; Curiethérapie; Intensity modulation radiation therapy; Irradiation en modulation d’intensité; Irradiation partielle et accélérée du sein; Partial breast external beam radiotherapy; Partial breast irradiation techniques; Radiothérapie externe partielle; Techniques d’irradiation partielle