Hypofractionated radiation therapy for early breast cancer and regional nodal irradiation-the jury is still out

Hilde Van Parijs; Nele Adriaenssens; Claire Verschraegen; Zineb Dahbi; Vincent Vinh-Hung; Guy Storme; Mark De Ridder; Nam P. Nguyen

doi:10.21037/tcr.2018.04.25

Hypofractionated radiation therapy for early breast cancer and regional nodal irradiation-the jury is still out

Hilde Van Parijs, Nele Adriaenssens, Claire Verschraegen, Zineb Dahbi, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Guy Storme, Mark De Ridder, Nam P. Nguyen

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A recent study on the shoulder-arm morbidity of the breast cancer UK START trials in axillary node positive women argues that hypofractionated lymph node radiation therapy is safe, as the long-term complications rates such as arm edema and shoulder stiffness remained low at 10-year follow-up (1). Can the authors’ conclusions apply to all patients with breast cancer who require lymph nodes irradiation after lumpectomy or mastectomy? Is hypofractionation really safe?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S584-S586
Journal	Translational Cancer Research
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21037/tcr.2018.04.25
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Hypofractionated radiation therapy for early breast cancer and regional nodal irradiation-the jury is still out. / Van Parijs, Hilde; Adriaenssens, Nele; Verschraegen, Claire; Dahbi, Zineb; Vinh-Hung, Vincent ; Storme, Guy ; De Ridder, Mark; Nguyen, Nam P.

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Hypofractionated radiation therapy for early breast cancer and regional nodal irradiation-the jury is still out

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