Science news articles about 'breast irradiation'

... radiotherapy (WBRT) and brachytherapy partial breast irradiation (brachy-PBI), according to a study in the June 1 ... adjuvant therapies for patients with early-stage breast cancer," Rinaa Punglia, M.D ...

... Irradiation (APBI). Lasting just five days, APBI offers a shorter course of radiation ... the six weeks required with traditional whole breast irradiation. "SAVI has the most flexible dose modulation ...

A new study shows that the SAVI applicator, a small, expandable device inserted inside the breast to deliver partial breast irradiation, carries a low infection risk, a potential ...

... therapy) and a 2.8 Gy boost concurrently (versus sequentially delivering the boost after whole breast irradiation). The risk of recurrence within five years in the treated ...

... findings emphasize the fact that we could expand the patient population eligible for partial breast irradiation because of the SAVI," Yashar said. In recent years, a balloon-like device called the ...

A study of the first approximately 100 patients who have received partial breast irradiation with a small, whisk-like, expandable device inserted inside the breast has shown that after one year, the ...

A study of the first approximately 100 patients who have received partial breast irradiation with a small, whisk-like, expandable device inserted inside the breast has shown that after one year, the ...