Patient selection for partial breast irradiation by intraoperative radiation therapy: can magnetic resonance imaging be useful?-perspective from radiation oncology point of view.

ABSTRACT: The guidelines of the European and American Societies of Radiation Oncology (GEC-ESTRO and ASTRO) defined the selection criteria to offer partial breast irradiation (PBI) after lumpectomy in patients with low risk breast cancer regardless pre-operative staging. A recent publication by Tallet et al. explored the impact of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on patient eligibility for PBI. From their study, an ipsilateral BC was detected in 4% of patients, excluding these patients from intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT). The authors suggested that preoperative MRI should be used routinely for patient's candidate to IORT, because of the rate of ipsilateral breast cancer detected. In view of Tallet's article, we analyzed some aspects of this issue in order to envisage some pos

SUBMITTER: Krengli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5059256 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature