Open AccessJournal Club
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
breast care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1661-3805
pISSN - 1661-3791
DOI - 10.1159/000319790
Subject(s) - medicine , journal club , mastectomy , radiation therapy , clinical trial , schedule , medical physics , oncology , randomized controlled trial , breast cancer , cancer , pathology , computer science , operating system
Whole breast irradiation (WBI) is considered standard of care among both patients having undergone breast-conserving therapy for invasive breast carcinoma and selected cases post mastectomy. Since the introduction of WBI, clinical trials have been conducted to define the optimal dose, schedule and length of WBI aiming to increase efficacy while reducing toxicity. In the paper discussed in this issue's journal club, Whelan et al. present the latest in a series of randomized clinical trials on hypofractionated radiotherapy.