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This chapter on breast cancer is aiming to summarize the evidence-based current management for ductal carcinoma in situ, and early & locally advanced stage breast cancers. We hope to ease the understanding in the appropriate delineation of tumor volumes/fields along with site-related case presentations covering diagnostic images, contouring, slice by slice final plan examples; accompanied by up-to-date key literature review.

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    Yasemin Bolukbasi & Ugur Selek

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