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Comparison of Conservative Management Techniques in the Re-treatment of Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence by Mark Trombetta; Thomas B. Julian; E. Day Werts; Athanasios Colonias; James Betler; Katherine Kotinsley; Yongbok Kim; David Parda is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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PURPOSE: To compare brachytherapy and three-dimensional (3-D) conformal external beam radiotherapy for breast cancer presenting in the previously irradiated breast. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Thirty-six patients with TISeT2 breast carcinomas received brachytherapy or 3-D conformal radiotherapy (3-D CRT) after lumpectomy in a previously irradiated breast as an alternative to salvage mastectomy. Brachytherapy consisted of low-dose-rate (LDR) interstitial technique in 21 patients, whereas 11 patients were treated using high-dose-rate (HDR) balloon technique. Four patients received 3-D CRT. Cosmesis was graded according to the Harvard criteria and the Allegheny General Modification of the Harvard criteria. Acute sequelae were graded according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 3.0). RESULTS: Thirty-five of 36 patients remained free of local failure, with a mean followup of 37 months. Five patients treated with LDR developed Grade II and two developed Grade III acute side effects. No patient treated with balloon brachytherapy or 3-D CRT developed a Grade II or higher acute effect. Cosmetically, 12 LDR interstitial patients were scored as Grade I, six as Grade II,
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- Author
- Mark Trombetta; Thomas B. Julian; E. Day Werts; Athanasios Colonias; James Betler; Katherine Kotinsley; Yongbok Kim; David Parda
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 1538-4721)
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)