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What Is the Optimal Technique of Irradiation in Breast-Conserving Treatment?

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Over the last two decades irradiation, in conjunction with breast-conserving surgery, has been found to offer breast cancer patients equivalent disease- free and overall survival rates in the vast majority of cases (Bader et al. 1987; Bartelink and Van Dongen 1989; Bleichert-Toft et al. 1988; Fisher et al. 1989; Sarrazin et al. 1989; Veronesi 1987). As these data have accumulated and as breast cancer has been diagnosed at earlier stages, more and more women are opting for conservative treatment of their disease (NIH Consensus Conference 1990). The use of this breast-conserving therapy is growing and currently more than 35% of patients with breast cancer are treated in this manner (Levitt 1990).

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  1. Joint Center for Radiation Therapy, Harvard Medical School, 50 Binney Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Tatiana I. Lingos M.D. (Instructor of Radiation Oncology) & Jay R. Harris M.D. (Professor of Radiation Oncology)

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  1. Department of Radiotherapy, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, 77030, Houston, TX, USA

    Gilbert H. Fletcher M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Therapeutic Radiology - Radiation Oncology, University of Minnesota, UMHC Harvard Street at East River Parkway, Box 494, 55455-0110, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Seymour H. Levitt M.D. (Head and Professor) (Head and Professor)

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Lingos, T.I., Harris, J.R. (1993). What Is the Optimal Technique of Irradiation in Breast-Conserving Treatment?. In: Fletcher, G.H., Levitt, S.H. (eds) Non-Disseminated Breast Cancer. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84593-2_11

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