Background The use of nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) is increasing, despite unproven
oncological safety in the therapeutic setting. The aim of this systematic review was to …

Literature was reviewed to assess the physical aspects governing the present and emerging
technologies used in intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). Three major technologies were …

Background Local cancer relapse risk after breast conservation surgery followed by
radiotherapy has fallen sharply in many countries, and is influenced by patient age and …

Objective To determine whether risk adapted intraoperative radiotherapy, delivered as a
single dose during lumpectomy, can effectively replace postoperative whole breast external …

Background In a phase 3, randomised, non-inferiority trial, accelerated partial breast
irradiation (APBI) for patients with stage 0, I, and IIA breast cancer who underwent breast …

Background Intraoperative radiotherapy with electrons allows the substitution of
conventional postoperative whole breast irradiation with one session of radiotherapy with …

Importance Conventional adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer given daily for several
weeks is onerous and expensive. Some patients may be obliged to choose a mastectomy …

Background Early-stage breast cancer is among the most common cancer diagnoses.
Adjuvant radiotherapy is an essential component of breast-conserving therapy, and several …

The original goal of mammographic screening was to identify invasive cancers at the earliest
stage, because of the superior prognosis of stage I cancers. Prior to the advent of screening …

Background and purpose Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and
radiation therapy (RT) is crucial in its multimodality management. Since bibliometrics is a …