Increasing use of post‐mastectomy hypofractionated radiation therapy for breast cancer in Victoria

Increasing use of post‐mastectomy hypofractionated radiation therapy for breast cancer in Victoria

Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of post‐mastectomy hypofractionationed radiation therapy (HFRT) for breast cancer in Victoria, Australia. Methods This is a population‐based cohort of women with breast cancer who received post‐mastectomy RT to the chest wall with or without...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical imaging and radiation oncology 2022-04, Vol.66 (3), p.428-435
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Sohyun, Pitson, Graham, Koh, Tze Lui, Chao, Michael, Byrne, Keelan, Hornby, Colin, Foroudi, Farshad, Millar, Jeremy, Ong, Wee Loon
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Sprache:eng
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Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - radiotherapy
Breast Neoplasms - surgery
Cancer therapies
Female
Humans
hypofractionation
Irradiation
Mastectomy
post mastectomy
Radiation Dose Hypofractionation
Radiation therapy
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Retrospective Studies
Victoria - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of post‐mastectomy hypofractionationed radiation therapy (HFRT) for breast cancer in Victoria, Australia. Methods This is a population‐based cohort of women with breast cancer who received post‐mastectomy RT to the chest wall with or without nodal irradiation between 2012 and 2017. HFRT was defined as
ISSN:1754-9477
1754-9485
DOI:10.1111/1754-9485.13354