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Trial reportStrahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al]2014

Hypofractionation with simultaneous integrated boost for early breast cancer: results of the German multicenter phase II trial (ARO-2010-01).

Kathrin Dellas, Reinhard Vonthein, Jörg Zimmer, Stefan Dinges, Alexander D Boicev, Peter Andreas, Dorothea Fischer, Cornelia Winkler, Andreas Ziegler, Jürgen Dunst and 1 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Accelerated partial breast irradiation with external beam radiotherapy : First results of the German phase 2 trial.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2017
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  7. Ultra-hypofractionated 5-fraction radiation therapy for early breast cancer into whole breast and regional nodes: experience in a tertiary hospital.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  9. Comparison of helical and TomoDirect techniques with simultaneous integrated boost in early breast cancer patients.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology · 2023
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  15. Acute and intermediate toxicity of 3-week radiotherapy with simultaneous integrated boost using TomoDirect: prospective series of 287 early breast cancer patients.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2021
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  17. Hybrid planning techniques for hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation using flattening filter-free beams.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2020
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  18. Recent advances in radiotherapy of breast cancer.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Kathrin DellasDepartment of Radiooncology, University of Kiel, A.-Heller-Str. 3, 24105, Kiel, Germany, Kathrin.Dellas@uksh.de.
Reinhard Vonthein
Jörg Zimmer
Stefan Dinges
Alexander D Boicev
Peter Andreas
Dorothea Fischer
Cornelia Winkler
Andreas Ziegler
Jürgen Dunst
ARO Study Group

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo evaluate the feasibility of hypofractionation with SIB in all settings in Germany to prepare a multicenter treatment comparison.

methodsEligible patients had histopathologically confirmed breast cancer operated by BCS. Patients received WBI 40.0 Gy in 16 fractions of 2.5 Gy. A SIB with 0.5 Gy per fraction was administered to the tumor bed, thereby giving 48.0 Gy in 16 fractions to the boost-PTV sparing heart, LAD, lung, contralateral breast. The primary study objective was feasibility, administration of specified dose in 16 fractions within 22-29 days with adherence to certain dose constraints (heart; LAD; contralateral breast); secondary endpoints were toxicity, QoL.

results151 patients were recruited from 7 institutions between 07/11-10/12. 10 patients met exclusion criteria prior to irradiation. All but two patients (99%) received the prescribed dose in the PTVs. Adherence to dose constraints and time limits was achieved in 89% (95% CI 82% to 93%). 11 AE were reported in 10 patients; five related to concurrent endocrine therapy. Two of the AEs were related to radiotherapy: grade 3 hot flushes in two cases. QoL remained unchanged.

conclusionHypofractionation with a SIB is feasible and was well tolerated in this study.

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Dose Fractionation, RadiationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsEarly DiagnosisFeasibility StudiesFemaleGermanyHumansMiddle AgedRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRadiotherapy DosageTreatment Outcome

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