The Efficacy of Low-Kilovoltage X-Rays Intraoperative Radiation as Boost for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Yuanjian FanRuiwan ChenYing LuYing LinYunjian ZhangNan ShaoShenming WangDahong NieZhen ShanPublished in: The breast journal (2023)
This study shows that low-kV IORT is an effective method as boost in breast cancer patients, with a low pooled local recurrence rate and low predicted 5-year local recurrence rate. Besides, no difference in the local recurrence rate was found between non-neoadjuvant patients studies and neoadjuvant patients studies. Low-kV IORT boost may be a promising alternative to EBRT boost in the future, which is being tested in the ongoing TARGIT-B trial.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- lymph node
- prognostic factors
- rectal cancer
- squamous cell carcinoma
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- randomized controlled trial
- phase iii
- computed tomography
- young adults
- patients undergoing
- study protocol
- patient reported outcomes
- radiation induced
- case control
- image quality
- dual energy