Whole breast external beam radiotherapy in elderly patients affected by left-sided early breast cancer: a dosimetric comparison between two simple free-breathing techniques.

Alessandra CarosiGianluca IngrossoIrene TurturiciSilvio ValeriRosaria BarbarinoLuana Di MurroMarta BotteroAndrea LanciaElisabetta PontiAlessio BruniElisabetta BonzanoSimonetta SaldiMaria AndolinaCynthia AristeiRiccardo Santoni

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2019)

Elderly patients with a low compliance to treatment might benefit from 3DCRT with field-in-field tangential arrangement or from a simple IMRT approach. IMRT should be preferred.

Keyphrases

early breast cancer
radiation therapy
early stage
locally advanced
radiation induced
squamous cell carcinoma
combination therapy
rectal cancer
replacement therapy
smoking cessation