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Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer Radiotherapy

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Radiotherapy is a part of breast cancer treatment in every stage, from non-invasive to early, locally advanced, recurrent and metastatic disease. In patients who previously received neoadjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy fields are determined based on the pre-chemotherapy disease stage. Radiotherapy is also an effective treatment option in patients with locally recurrent disease, but doses >100 Gy are associated with increased toxicities. Finally, radiotherapy is administered not only for the ablation of metastases in oligometastatic patients but also for the palliation of symptoms in patients with widespread metastatic disease.

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Arslan Ibis, K., Kucucuk, S. (2019). Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer Radiotherapy. In: Aydiner, A., Igci, A., Soran, A. (eds) Breast Cancer . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96947-3_21

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