Is current evidence about intraoperative partial breast irradiation sufficient for broad implementation in clinical practice?

Eur J Surg Oncol. 2014 Jul;40(7):791-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.03.014. Epub 2014 Mar 27.

Authors

O Kaidar-Person¹, J Yarnold², B V Offersen³, P Poortmans⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: o_person@rambam.health.gov.il.
² Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. Electronic address: john.yarnold@icr.ac.uk.
³ Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: bvo@oncology.dk.
⁴ Institute Verbeeten, Tilburg, The Netherlands. Electronic address: poortmans.ph@bvi.nl.

PMID: 24721228
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2014.03.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Editorial

MeSH terms

Brachytherapy / methods
Breast Neoplasms / mortality
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Humans
Incidence
Intraoperative Care / methods*
Mastectomy / methods
Mastectomy, Segmental / methods
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / epidemiology*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy
Prognosis
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated / methods
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk Assessment
Survival Analysis
Treatment Outcome