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ReviewBreast care (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Recent Developments in Radiation Oncology: An Overview of Individualised Treatment Strategies in Breast Cancer.

Montserrat Pazos, Stephan Schönecker, Daniel Reitz, Paul Rogowski, Maximilian Niyazi, Filippo Alongi, Christiane Matuschek, Michael Braun, Nadia Harbeck, Claus Belka and 1 more

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Review in Breast care (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Psycho-spiritual wellbeing and coping strategies of women with breast cancer post-radiation therapy in Kumasi, Ghana.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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  8. Recent advances in radiotherapy of breast cancer.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2020
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  11. Challenges in Radiotherapy.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Montserrat PazosDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Stephan SchöneckerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Daniel ReitzDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Paul RogowskiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Maximilian NiyaziDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Filippo AlongiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Sacro Cuore Don Calbria Negrar, Verona, Italy.
Christiane MatuschekDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Michael BraunDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Red Cross Hospital, Munich, Germany.
Nadia HarbeckBreast Center, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Claus BelkaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
Stefanie CorradiniDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation therapy (RT) for breast cancer has dramatically changed over the past years, leading to individualized risk-adapted treatment strategies. Historically, the choice of RT regimen was limited to conventional fractionation protocols using standard tangential fields. Nowadays, technological and technical improvements in modern RT have added a variety of other RT modalities, different fractionation schedules, and individualised treatment volumes to the portfolio of breast RT. This review aims to give a short overview on the main topics which have recently found their way into clinical practice: hypofractionated treatment protocols, accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) for low-risk patients, deep inspiration breath hold (DIBH) for maximal heart protection, extent of regional nodal irradiation for high-risk patients, and the implementation of new radiation techniques such as intensity modulated RT (IMRT) and volumetric modulated RT (VMAT).

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Breast cancerHypofractionationIndividualised therapyRisk-adapted

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PMID30319331
PMCPMC6170912

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