Progress of hypofractionated radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery
10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.2019.04.362
- VernacularTitle:乳腺癌保乳术后大分割放疗的临床研究进展
- Author:
Nannan WEI
1
;
Duojie LI
Author Information
1. 蚌埠医学院第一附属医院放疗科(安徽省蚌埠市233000)
- Keywords:
early breast cancer;
breast-conserving surgery;
whole-breast irradiation;
hypofractionated radiotherapy;
partial breast irradiation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2019;46(4):208-211
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Breast-conserving surgery plus adjuvant whole-breast irradiationmay reduce the risk of local tumors and improve living con-ditions of patients. Conventional whole-breast radiotherapy confers good tumor control and esthetic effects with lower toxicity. How-ever, treatment periods of 5-7 weeks are inconvenient for patients and may lead to the wastage of medical resources. Thus, increasing-ly more individuals tend to choose a short-term radiotherapy mode, such as hypofractionated radiotherapy or partial breast irradia-tion. Many published reports suggest that short-term radiotherapy is safe and effective, similar to conventional fractionation, with comparable tumor control and fewer side effects than noted with conventional fractionation. Therefore, in contrast to conventional whole-breast radiotherapy, short-time radiotherapy shows remarkable advantages in shortening the total treatment duration, reduc-ing medical costs, saving medical resources, and improving the quality of life of patients.
