Radiation Techniques and Toxicities for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
Radiation therapy is used in the management of locally advanced breast cancer in the postmastectomy or neoadjuvant chemotherapy and breast-conservation setting to improve local-regional control and survival. Using modern-day technology, the therapeutic ratio has increased and the potential morbidity has decreased. This article reviews the technical aspects of radiation therapy for locally advanced breast cancer with emphasis on 3-dimensional radiotherapy techniques and discusses potential toxicities and how to reduce them.
⁎Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
†Department of Radiation Oncology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ
‡The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
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