Open AccessHypofractionated Radiotherapy for Breast Cancers - Preliminary Results from a Tertiary Care Center in Eastern India
Author(s) -
Moujhuri Nandi,
A. Mahata,
Indranil Mallick,
R. Achari,
Sanjoy Chatterjee
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of cancer prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 2476-762X
pISSN - 1513-7368
DOI - 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.6.2505
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , breast cancer , radiation therapy , breast conserving surgery , supraclavicular fossa , radiation oncologist , population , cancer , surgery , oncology , environmental health
The standard radiotherapy (RT) fractionation practiced in India and worldwide is 50 Gy in 25 fractions over 5 weeks to the chest wall or whole breast followed by tumour bed boost in case of breast conservation (BCS). A body of validated data exists regarding hypofractionation in breast cancer. We here report initial results for 135 patients treated at our center with the START-B type of fractionation.