Comparing hypofractionated and conventionally fractionated whole breast irradiation for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ after breast conservation: a propensity score-matched analysis from a national multicenter cohort (COBCG-02 study).

Fiorenza De RoseMaria Carmen De SantisBruno MeduriCiro FranzeseDavide FranceschiniPierfrancesco FrancoNadia PasinettiValentina LancellottaPatrizia GiacobazziEliana La RoccaElisa D'AngeloLaura LozzaLorenzo LiviIcro MeattiniMarta Scorsetti

Published in: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology (2021)

A short course of radiation therapy seems to be comparable to CF-WBI in terms of clinical outcomes. These data support the use of hypofractionated schedules in DCIS patients, but considering the remaining uncertainties.

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