Pre-Operative Boost Results in Low Rates of Re-Excision and Reduced Time from Initial Diagnosis to Completion of Local-Regional Treatment in Breast Cancer Patients
Chakraborty M, Sherwani Z, Yehia Z, Ohri N, Cui T, Eladoumikdachi F, Kowzun M, Kumar S, Potdevin L, Toppmeyer D, Haffty B. Pre-Operative Boost Results in Low Rates of Re-Excision and Reduced Time from Initial Diagnosis to Completion of Local-Regional Treatment in Breast Cancer Patients. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2024, 120: s201-s202. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2024.07.2265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast-conserving surgeryWhole breast irradiationDuctal carcinoma in situRe-excision ratesProspective phase II clinical trialRate of re-excisionPhase II clinical trialRe-excisionII clinical trialsHypofractionated regimenWound complicationsPre-operativelyDiagnosis to completionTreated with breast-conserving surgeryClinical trialsInitiation of systemic therapyMedian clinical tumor sizeRisk of wound complicationsIncidence of wound complicationsEarly-stage breast cancerLocal-regional treatmentTumor bed boostClinical tumor sizeNode-positive diseaseCompletion of radiation